2000s slang

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thumb|A geek girl at the [[Geek Picnic (Moscow) wearing a Geek shirt and a VR headset]]

thumb|Jennifer Coolidge, whose character in American Pie helped popularize the term "MILF"

thumb|240px|In 2017, US President Barack Obama's relationship with US Vice President [[Joe Biden was described as a "bromance".]]

thumb|234x234px|2018 pride parade attendee, wearing a shirt reading "I Have Awesome Gaydar." thumb|A 2011 attendee of NYC Pride March|NYC Pride, dressed in fashion that may indicate connection to the queer community Gaydar (a portmanteau of gay and radar) is a colloquialism referring to the intuitive ability of a person, especially a queer person, to assess others' sexual orientations as homosexual, bisexual or straight. Gaydar relies on verbal and nonverbal clues and LGBT stereotypes, including a sensitivity to social behaviors and mannerisms like body language, the tone of voice used by a pe

"Chav" (), also "charver", or "scally", or "roadman" in parts of England, is a British term, usually used in a pejorative way. The term is used to describe an anti-social lower-class youth dressed in sportswear. The term has been described as classist. Julie Burchill described the term as a form of "social racism". "Chavette" is a related term referring to female chavs, and the adjectives "chavvy", "chavvish", and "chavtastic" are used to describe things associated with chavs, such as fashion, slang, etc. In Australia, "eshay" or "adlay" has been described as a "try-hard chav".

practice of suddenly breaking off a relationship or friendship with someone

lesbian who exhibits a greater amount of feminine gender attributes relative to other gender expressions, e.g. make-up, wearing dresses or skirts, etc.

Y-shaped waistband of a thong or G-string when visible above the waistline of low-rise jeans, shorts, or a skirt that resembles a whale's tail

sudden reduction in the general availability of loans or credit or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from banks

thumb|277x277px|Physical attractiveness|Conventionally attractive men holding mobile phones in 2007. The 00s saw both the expansion of [[mobile technology and changing attitudes towards the male pursuit of personal appearance, then often described as "metrosexuality".]] Technosexual (derived from Greek – technē , "art, ability, craft" and Latin sexuālis, "sexual") is a term that circulated in media, fashion, and online outlets of the 2000s to describe a male that possesses a strong aesthetic sense and a love of technology.

Wigger, also wigga, whigger and whigga, is a term for white people who emulate the mannerisms, language, and fashions that are generally stereotypically associated with African-American culture, particularly hip hop/rap culture. The word is a portmanteau of "white nigger".

overhanging fat that spills over the waistline of pants or skirts

slang term for high-waisted women's jeans

sexual dysfunction caused by aggressive masturbation