2.0

adjective

ˈtü-ˌpȯint-ˈō 

—used postpositively to describe a new and improved version or example of something or someone

… data previously collected by the planet-hunting telescope are turning up a trove of strange and wonderful worlds, bringing researchers closer, they hope, to finding "Earth 2.0."

—Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2014

Everyone agrees that the new [Doug] Bruce is no longer the arrogant overachiever he used to be. He's Doug 2.0, shaggier and nicer …

—Ty Burr, Boston Globe, 24 Mar. 2006

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

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