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The decade of the naughties is the hottest on record.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Been Jammin 2009
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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.
Comparing the 1990s and the 2000s: What Our Movies Say About Us | /Film 2010
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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 2008
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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 rising commodity inflation coupled with financial assets deflation.
Kevin Phillips: Lies, Damn Lies and Government Inflation Statistics 2008
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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 2008
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You know the type, the "naughties" that you omit from your "Mommy version."
so I went to my writer's meeting today.... Holly 2005
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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.
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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.
CNET News.com 2009
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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.
CNET News.com 2009
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In a culture already hooked on listmaking, the end of the 'naughties' means time for reviews of the decade, and this week
Museum Blogs 2009
sionnach commented on the word naughties
Sounds silly, right? But what is the right shorthand term for our current decade?
November 8, 2007
kewpid commented on the word naughties
I'd say noughties with an 'o'.
November 8, 2007
yarb commented on the word naughties
The O's. Or "Osies".
November 8, 2007
uselessness commented on the word naughties
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.
November 8, 2007
sionnach commented on the word naughties
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 ...' "
November 8, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word naughties
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.
November 9, 2007
uselessness commented on the word naughties
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. ;-)
November 9, 2007
yarb commented on the word naughties
2010 thru 2012: the tweens?
November 9, 2007
uselessness commented on the word naughties
Ugh, I certainly hope not. What a terrible word.
November 9, 2007
seanahan commented on the word naughties
Back in 1999, I decided to call them the aughts, and I've kept to my convictions.
November 9, 2007