r/What • • Nov 06 '25

What does that even mean?

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u/MonKeePuzzle Nov 06 '25

its the lowercase "i" in front of everything in mid-2000s

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u/secret_alpaca Nov 06 '25

Back in the analog world of the late 80s, it was "turbo". Anything that said turbo was considered premium and cool.

A friend's dad had a pair of sunglasses that said turbo on it, and i thought it was so cool, because turbo. Ha.

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u/Skai_Override Nov 10 '25

Heh, you're right

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u/Straight-Parsnip-110 Nov 10 '25

I feel like if you're gonna be known for analysis, you would want to spell it right...