#ExplainThe90sIn4Words: How These Photos of the '90s Will Make You Feel Old

Be kind. Please rewind.

ByABC News
January 22, 2015, 11:41 AM

— -- Remember Amanda Bynes before Twitter? The cute teen dancing with lobsters on Nickelodeon? The '90s sure were the good ol' days.

Well, it's "Throwback Thursday," and Twitter's getting nostalgic with the trending hashtag #ExplainThe90sIn4Words. It's unclear what started this collective reminiscing, but what is clear is the undeniable power of millennials on social media.

Here are some of best '90s icons from VHS tapes to Britney Spears:

Amanda Bynes...before Twitter

Be kind. Please rewind.

"I really wanna zig-a-zig-ah"

Zig-a-Zig-ah (okay maybe 4 syllables!) https://t.co/SRyYlep72M #ExplainThe90sIn4Words

— Claire (@_shewrites_) January 22, 2015

Monica Lewinsky's Blue Dress

When "breaking the Internet" meant AOL dial-up, not Kim Kardashian's butt

Nokia Snake > Flappy Bird

The Original 'Social Network'

Two Words: Britney Spears

I NEED MORE BATTERIES

These freaky troll dolls

Game not working? "Blow in the cartridge!"

#RelationshipGoals: Cory and Topanga on 'Boy Meets World'

The Mighty Ducks movies

When Flannel Was Grunge

When Paper Predicted Your Future

Tamagotchi!

Spoiler: Jack Dawson Dies

"Fighting Evil By Moonlight!"

Those 'Highlights' Magazines At the Doctor's Office

Best. TV Show Ever.

The Literally 'Physical' Relationship Mix Tape

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL

The '90s Version of Spotify

WHO LOVES ORANGE SODA?!

Clarissa Explains All

And just to make you feel really old...Harry Styles still just a fetus in 1993

Monica Lewinsky's Blue Dress

When \"breaking the Internet\" meant AOL dial-up, not Kim Kardashian's butt

Nokia Snake > Flappy Bird

The Original 'Social Network'

Two Words: Britney Spears

I NEED MORE BATTERIES

These freaky troll dolls

Game not working? \"Blow in the cartridge!\"

#RelationshipGoals: Cory and Topanga on 'Boy Meets World'

The Mighty Ducks movies

When Flannel Was Grunge

When Paper Predicted Your Future

Tamagotchi!

Spoiler: Jack Dawson Dies

\"Fighting Evil By Moonlight!\"

Those 'Highlights' Magazines At the Doctor's Office

Best. TV Show Ever.

The Literally 'Physical' Relationship Mix Tape

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL

The '90s Version of Spotify

WHO LOVES ORANGE SODA?!

Clarissa Explains All

And just to make you feel really old...Harry Styles still just a fetus in 1993

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