Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: 2000 05

👉 Okay, let’s tackle this little numerical monstrosity – "giphy 2000 05." Now, before you immediately assume I just messed up a date sometime around the turn of the millennium and am now regrettably old, let me assure you, that's not actually what we mean here. We are absolutely, positively, historically, and categorically referring to the 2005 Chevy Aveo....

(Okay, okay, maybe it sounds like a really depressing year. But stick with me. It's a vibe.) Let’s unpack this. When I say "giphy 2000 05," I mean you are absolutely, unequivocally, and probably a little shamefacedly referring to a twenty-ought-–five Chevy Aveo. The shorthand really came up in the late 1980's, early 1990's as a way for people who were too poor or too frankly, stupid, to actually say what kind of shit they had. You wouldn’t exactly advertise that you were driving a beige, slightly dented, and profoundly undersごź, 2005 Chevy Aveo unless absolutely necessary. The specificity of the digits is key. There are, frankly, a lot of years where Chevys exist. That precise "05" immediately zeroes in on this specific, aggressively mediocre model. People would say, with a sort of desperate