I have a question.. it might be a stupid one and its not political but what is this called?

[southernleftylady]

Ok so I know we called the time from 1950-1959 the 50's the time from 1990-1999 the 90's so what is the time frame from 2000-2009 called?
I was talking to a friend about that and we didn't know so do yall know? Told yall it was a stupid question but oh well..

[cliffordu]

1. The double-oughts???

[billyoc]

2. I know. What the heck IS it called? The ones? The tens? The aughts?

:shrug:

[ogneopasno]

3. The aughts.

Aught-eight, aught-nine, etc.

[Saphire]

4. two thousands???? Like "I remember back in 2002..."

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. Purgatory. n/t

[dchill]

11. So we say that Bush illegally invaded Iraq...

in Purgatory-3? ;)

[Stinky The Clown]

6. The Bush Years

[uppityperson]

8. I'll go for that, but make it small bush to differntiate from papabush yrs

[rug]

7. The zeroes.

[wake.up.america]

10. How about "the wasted years"?

[rug]

12. An era is defined by its leaders.

So that works very well.

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. In that case, the Dead Democracy era?

the pre-Depression 2 years?

[alsame]

9. A living hell.

[dchill]

13. The ozone.

[Cassandra]

14. The 00ze

[notadmblnd]

15. The ought nought haves

because we ought not to have put these criminals in office

[eShirl]

16. what did we call 1900-1909?

turn of the century?

[southernleftylady]

18. really no one knows ! nt

[AJD48]

17. The Bush Nightmare Era

[Glenda]

24. LOL!!

True :rofl:

[riverwalker]

19. post millenia? n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

20. 1900-1909 is called "the 1900s" or...

"turn of the century" so I would think this decade si "the 2000s"

[southernleftylady]

21. but I thought the 1900's included the whole 1900-1999 ? no? nt

[TreasonousBastard]

25. That, too. Confusing, isn't it?

A lot depends on conext.

[lunatica]

22. The first decade of the 21st Century or the 2000's (two thousands)

but only if the rest of the decades are also the 10s, or 20s is used at the same time.

[tabasco]

23. I call it the migzoks.

It hasn't caught on but it's an idea.

[Bigmack]

26. The Beginning of the End.... nt

[Hekate]

27. Hell on Earth. The Bushwhacked Era. Something like that. nt