When will people start shortening the years in the 2020s? e.g. saying '23 instead of 2023?

I remember as a kid in the 90s, people would say '93 or '96 instead of 1993 or 1996.

Then we couldn't do that for a couple decades because you cant exactly refer to 2005 as just "5" lol

Or saying '12' instead of 2012

But these days people say the full year, like '2022'

Will people ever say things like... "remember back in '22 when XXXX happened?"

Posted Aug 12, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

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