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- noun The first
decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whosedigit in the tens place iszero . Theoughts , thenoughties .
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Examples
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People tend to wrinkle their noses when they hear the word "aughts" - though, to be fair, no one I've mentioned this to has offered a better alternative.
Damn Hell Ass Kings 2009
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Whoever said the aughts were a lost decade for stocks clearly wasn't paying attention to what goes on beneath the surface of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard
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The decade Egan refers to as the aughts ought instead be referred to as the "Naughts," or better still, the "Naughties."
Salon Thomas Schaller 2009
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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss White House party crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi, whether the aughts were the "decade from hell," and Eva Tanguay, the first rock star.
Slate Magazine Stephen Metcalf 2009
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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss White House party crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi, whether the aughts were the "decade from hell," and Eva Tanguay, the first rock star.
Slate Magazine Daniel Engber, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Chri 2009
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Personally, I see the 'aughts' as a decade of shift.
Comparing the 1990s and the 2000s: What Our Movies Say About Us | /Film 2010
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Continue celebrating successful musicians from the 'aughts' with a concert by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, who plays the Bowery Ballroom on Saturday.
PHOTOS: Best NYC Concerts This Week The Huffington Post 2010
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Continue celebrating successful musicians from the 'aughts' with a concert by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, who plays the Bowery Ballroom on Saturday.
PHOTOS: Best NYC Concerts This Week The Huffington Post 2010
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The "aughts," The Washington Post wrote last January, were really for naught: the 2000s were "a lost decade," the paper said, with economic output rising at its slowest rate of any decade since the 1930s and an unprecedented net job growth of zero.
We’re No. 11! 2010
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Continue celebrating successful musicians from the 'aughts' with a concert by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, who plays the Bowery Ballroom on Saturday.
Best NYC Concerts This Week (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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