Not sure what's still said in the common parlance, particularly since I haven't lived in the US since 2004. With that in mind, here is a little glossary in case my characters say something that may make you scratch your head.
'90s Slang
Aiight: All right, but cooler
Alrighty then: a sarcastic reply
As if!: another sarcastic retort (short for "as if that would really happen")
Booyah!: an expression of enthusiasm, pleasure, or approval
coo: cool (no one liked to enunciate in the '90s)
(to call) dibs: to declare the right to have something before someone else
dude: a casual way to refer to someone (at first, as an alternative to 'man'; later gender-neutral)
hella + adj: really + adj. (e.g. hella cool)
man: an alternative to dude, usually only for guys
NOT!: a way to reverse everything you just said; sarcastic
peeps: people
phat: awesome times 10 to the 10 billionth power
Sup?: What's up?
sweet: alternative for awesome or cool
That's wacked: That's so weird/messed up.
trippin': freaking out; acting weird
Whatever: said in a sarcastic tone; to indicate one doesn't wish to speak any longer
Whazzup/Whassup?: originally in a Budweiser Super Bowl commercial. It caught on. 'Nuff said.
wicked + adj: (New England slang) totally/really/very + adj. (e.g. That's wicked awesome!)
You go, girl!: I'm so proud of you!
Hmm, it wasn't a very subtle era, was it? :D
Textspeak (Acronyms and Abbreviations)
AFK: away from keyboard
A/S/L: age, sex, location (often as a greeting)
ATM: at the moment
BBL: be back later
BRB: be right back
BTW: by the way
G2G: got to go
IDK: I don't know.
IRL: in real life (as opposed to one's online persona)
jk: Just kidding
l8r: later
LMAO: laughing my ass off
LOL: laughing out loud
OMG: Oh, my God!
OIC: Oh, I see.
OXOX: hugs and kisses
pls/plz: please
ppl: people
qt: cutie
ROFL: rolling on the floor laughing
STFU: shut the **** up
TC: take care
TTYL: talk to you later
WTF: what the ****?
ZZZ: bored or sleeping
Outdated Terms and Concepts
AltaVista: one of the first search engines before Google became prevalent
AOL: America Online (back in the late '90s, it was the first internet provider to offer users unlimited access to the internet for a flat rate instead of paying by the hour or minute)
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM): one of the first texting apps (before that was a thing) that allowed you to communicate with people online; it wasn't mobile, however
blocking someone: the equivalent of 'muting' someone nowadays; blocked users were unable to send messages to the recipient who had blocked them
(dial-up) modem: a way of connecting to the internet that dinosaurs like me had to use before there was broadband; you connected to an internet service provider like AOL via a landline
instant messaging: the equivalent of sending someone a PM/DM nowadays in social networks; only the recipient can see what you're writing; later allowed peer-to-peer file transfer
LiveJournal: one of the first websites in the late '90s that allowed you to create blogs, before Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks were invented
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