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The 1980s were called the eigthties, the 1990s weere called the 90s. So what should this decade be called ?

naughties.

The 2000's? ._.

The Two-Kays!

For what I've been able to look up, it could technically be called the Aughts, though that's only a compromise: first decades in a century don't actually have a name.

Some of you are probably thinking "why don't we just call it what people during the 1900's called their decade?"

The problem is: they didn't call their decade anything.

I think that from 2011 onwards, whenever one refers to this decade, they have to use the terminology and accent of a grizzled gold prospector. "Why, back in aught-four, we only had 1 megabit broadband, consarnit!"

Alferd Packer wrote:I think that from 2011 onwards, whenever one refers to this decade, they have to use the terminology and accent of a grizzled gold prospector. "Why, back in aught-four, we only had 1 megabit broadband, consarnit!"

"I remember when ur dad was just a little boi."

I've heard them called naughties as well.

The decade when SD.Net took over the world.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

the world would be a much better place, certainly.

Enforcer Talen wrote:the world would be a much better place, certainly.

Certainly a much less tense place... all that pent-up sexual prudeness... gone.

Enforcer Talen wrote:the world would be a much better place, certainly.

How do you figure that? I mean... Yeah. Some of the membership scares me.

According to a half-remembered conversation with my sister years ago, the current decade is the ohzies. Next decade is the onezies, or alternatively the tenzies.

Alferd Packer wrote:I think that from 2011 onwards, whenever one refers to this decade, they have to use the terminology and accent of a grizzled gold prospector. "Why, back in aught-four, we only had 1 megabit broadband, consarnit!"

And we had to drive in our fossil-fueled cars to school through 15 feet of snow up-hill both ways.....

definitely naughties. Never heard anything else.

I call them the "zero-ees."

I don't call it anything because we're still in it, but I assume I'll end up calling it the 2000s.

I too prefer calling this decades the 2000s.

the M&Ms

Most definitely the naughties. The next decade will be even more fun to name...

Tenties? Teenties?

Rogue 9 wrote:

Enforcer Talen wrote:the world would be a much better place, certainly.

How do you figure that? I mean... Yeah. Some of the membership scares me.

Like who?

Anyway, the aughts sound good. So, it's aught-four now.

Next decade: The teens. At least as far as I'm concerned.

In my office, they're the Two-Thousands. Specific years are the 0-1's, 0-2's, etc.

Jon wrote:Most definitely the naughties. The next decade will be even more fun to name...

Tenties? Teenties?

The Teens, just like 1911-1920 are called.

Years from now I will refer to it as either:

turn of the millennium

millennium

millennium decade

Michael Jackson’s big surprise come back decade


Something like that

The aughties!