Did you perchance mean one of these? naughtier, naughtiest
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“The decade of the naughties is the hottest on record.”
“What I'd like to add is that people aren't considering that the 'aught's' or "naughties" weren't just an isolated decade, it was the beginning of an entire century.”
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“Describing the decade that began in 2000 as the "naughties" or "oughties" offers a useful shorthand -- and particularly for people interested in discussing the U.S. economy's perilous dual pathway of ...”
Kevin Phillips: Lies, Damn Lies and Government Inflation Statistics
“Describing the decade that began in 2000 as the "naughties" or "oughties" offers a useful shorthand -- and particularly for people interested in discussing the U.S. economy's perilous dual pathway of rising commodity inflation coupled with financial assets deflation.”
Kevin Phillips: Lies, Damn Lies and Government Inflation Statistics
“You know the type, the "naughties" that you omit from your "Mommy version.”
“INNES-SMITH: It's sort of -- it's got a kind of naughties take on the whole thing, but it's still basically short on top and long in the back.”
“We tragically were forced to omit some of the most irritating things to ever hit the Internet because of the fact that they were already around before the "naughties" started: the "Dancing Baby," International Talk Like A Pirate Day, blinking text, sing-along electronic greeting cards, Hampsterdance. com, chain letters, and animated cursors come to mind.”
“In a culture already hooked on listmaking, the end of the 'naughties' means time for reviews of the decade, and this week”
“I never got on with that whole "naughties" nomenclature.”
“a word I have seen used for this decade is appropriately enough "naughties" ...”
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2000-2009: Name that decade!
People have proposed many names for the '00s (including "the '00s"). But consensus? Not so much.
All of these have appeared somewhere as a proposal -- maybe serious, maybe not so much...aughts, zips, '00s, bonds, MMs, two thousands, zeros, ohs, double ohs, 2Ks, singles, zeroes and 21 more...
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Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Perceived linguistic gaps in English,...
From POSSLQ to "the naughties", a place to list those concepts for which English still appears to have no satisfactorily precise term. Your suggestions are invited!
naughties, birhymagram, posslq, the aughts, the noughties, the oh-ohs, the double-ohs, the twenty hundreds, the two thousands, the preteens, the deccies, the nillies and 17 more...
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seanahan Back in 1999, I decided to call them the aughts, and I've kept to my convictions. Nov 9, 2007
uselessness Ugh, I certainly hope not. What a terrible word. Nov 8, 2007
yarb 2010 thru 2012: the tweens? Nov 8, 2007
uselessness The years from 2013 to 2019 can be called the teens, but 2010, 2011, and 2012 are left in the cold. Then again, only time will tell if maybe they deserve it. ;-) Nov 8, 2007
chained_bear In the first decade of the last century, I think people referred to it as the "aughts." They also said "back in aught-nine..." I think we don't know what to call this decade because "aught" is a word nobody seems to know or use anymore. It ought to be revived.
Ha! I said "ought." (Unintentional.)
Also, the 2010s can easily be called the teens. Nov 8, 2007
sionnach U: Your predictions are entirely in sync with those of Allan Metcalf, author of "Predicting New Words". he writes:
"But just wait till we approach the year 2020! Headline writers, prognosticators and pundits will welcome the twenties with open arms. Gentlemen and ladies, start your books now, with your title 'The Twenties: Decade of ...' " Nov 8, 2007
uselessness I remember back in '99 there was a "Name the Decade" web site that took votes to decide what the "official" name would be. This word (Naughties) won. But now nobody's ever heard of the site, and apparently it didn't have much authority over such matters anyway. ;-)
Actually, I find it interesting that before 2000, decade names were common in regular speech: I always heard people talking about "the '90s" or whatever decade it was at the time. Now, not so much. Because nobody can figure out what to call this decade, nobody does. Occasionally you'll hear "the new millennium" or "the 21st century" used in that place, or in some cases even "the post-9/11 world." But it's almost as if society collectively just stopped naming decades.
I suspect we'll start again in the '20s, but that'll just seem wrong to me after experiencing much higher numbers. It's like a step backwards to me, it doesn't seem like progress or "the future." Maybe that's because it conjures up thoughts of the Roaring Twenties and I'll always associate it with talkies and flappers. Nov 8, 2007
yarb The O's. Or "Osies". Nov 8, 2007
kewpid I'd say noughties with an 'o'. Nov 8, 2007
sionnach Sounds silly, right? But what is the right shorthand term for our current decade? Nov 8, 2007