Aughts

I read in an American magazine that the general consensus over there is that the years 2000 to 2009 are officially known as the Aughts, which is archaic and clumsy and anyway, who made that decision?

Word Magazine - Comments 2010

Also rising at the beginning of the Aughts were the somewhat cerebral Technophiliacs, whose mantra of “open source” resulted in massive breakthroughs in nanotechnology and divided the populace into self-proclaimed Immersives, those who lived now with stories in their bloodstreams, and the self-proclaimed Purists who wanted their stories delivered in a more external fashion–soon to be labeled “Closed Source” and “Copyright” by their detractors.

The Decade of the Aughts: Genre Fiction 2010

The Aughts were the first decade of falling median incomes since figures were first compiled in the

The Nation: Top Stories 2010

The Aughts were the first decade of falling median incomes since figures were first compiled in the

AMERICAblog News 2010

The Aughts were a time when borders between genres dissolved.

North Coast Journal Comments 2010

In a clever wordplay, the lamented that the decade should not be called the Aughts, but the "Oughts," in memoriam of all the achievements that "ought" to have happened in the 2000s, but didn't.

Politics Daily 2009

Though the downward economic spiral can be traced over the past three decades, the facts are especially stark for the 2000s, the so-called "Aughts" or perhaps more accurately the "Naughts."

Lessons from America's Lost Decade 2010

Though the downward economic spiral can be traced over the past three decades, the facts are especially stark for the 2000s, the so-called "Aughts" or perhaps more accurately the "Naughts."

Printing: Lessons from America's Lost Decade 2010

Though the downward economic spiral can be traced over the past three decades, the facts are especially stark for the 2000s, the so-called "Aughts" or perhaps more accurately the "Naughts."

Lessons from America's Lost Decade 2010

The Aughts were a period like the ’90s when productivity growth was relatively high and the question is, why didn’t wages rise with it?

Hubbard: 'I wouldn’t support a permanent extension' Ezra Klein 2010