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noughties, n.
Brit. |ˈnɔːtɪz|, U.S. |ˈnɔdiz|, |ˈnɑdiz|
Forms: 19– naughties, 19– noughties
[‹ nought n. or naught n. + -ties (in twenties, thirties, and plurals of the other numerals ending in -ty suffix2). Compare earlier noughts n.
Probably independently coined in each of the earlier uses; usually punningly after naughty adj., perhaps influenced by naughty nineties n. at naughty adj. Special uses 2.]
With the. The decade from 2000 to 2009.
1989W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 7 May 18/4 That postcard touches on several possibilities suggested by scores of..third-millennium freaks... The Naughties was suggested by 40 readers. 1990R. J. A. Smith in Independent (Nexis) 19 Jan. 20 After the Eighties and the Nineties, what should we be calling the next decade? The Noughties? 1991New Scientist 14 Sept. 62/3 With regard to Richard Caie's question about suitable names for the next two decades..: considering the moral decline of society as a whole, the next decade must surely be the noughties. 1996New Scientist 11 May 80/3 Rachel Oliver thought of a rather more serious difficulty which we will encounter in the year 2000. What will we call the new decade..? To get the ball rolling, Oliver suggests the ‘noughties’. 2000Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 1 July Ditch the mesh handbag, flick the World arm-bands, and dump the diamante butterfly hairclips: the ultimate celebrity-endorsed accessory for the discerning noughties woman is the bloke who is..Just Gay Enough. 2001Sunday Times 25 Mar. (Style section) x. 6 The Noughties celebrity face has a line-free forehead and bee-stung lips. |