party like it's 1999

== English == === Etymology === From the Prince song called 1999 and released in 1982. The song uses the phrase in reference to a nuclear apocalypse predicted to occur in the year 2000, but it was later reinterpreted as meaning that the turn of the millennium calls for a particularly large celebration. === Verb === party like it's 1999 (third-person singular simple present parties like it's 1999, present participle partying like it's 1999, simple past and past participle partied like it was 1999 or partied like it's 1999) (idiomatic, simile) To party intensely, particularly when reckless or pessimistic. ==== See also ==== Appendix:Snowclones/party like it's XX99 yolo as if there were no tomorrow, like there is no tomorrow === References ===