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Has the word been invented yet?

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  • 07-12-2006 6:30pm
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    Heisenberg.
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    MiCr0
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    naughties


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    Zeros.
    Zeroies.


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    Healio
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    "It has become the most popular fashion accessory of the twenty-hundreds."


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    parliament
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    ...early 21st century......1st 10 years of the new millennium....


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    Heisenberg.
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    grumpytrousers
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    indeed; there wasn't a similar catchy term for the equivalent time 100 years ago. the only catch is that during the years 201x we'll still be stuck on 'early 21st century' as things stand!


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    aidan_walsh
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    grumpytrousers wrote:
    indeed; there wasn't a similar catchy term for the equivalent time 100 years ago. the only catch is that during the years 201x we'll still be stuck on 'early 21st century' as things stand!
    Twenty-Oh-One, Twenty-Oh-Two, etc.

    Edit: Read the damned thread in future, Aidan... Still, early ninteen hundreds, early two-thousands?


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    grumpytrousers
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    aidan_walsh wrote:
    Twenty-Oh-One, Twenty-Oh-Two, etc.

    yes but if you read what the OP said, he's looking for the equivalent 'snappy' term for the twenties, the thirties and so on....

    twenty-oh-one does not, by any stretch of the imagination, qualify as snappy! :D


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    Yakuza
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    They used to say "'aught-eight" to talk about 1908, i.e. "Naught" without the "N".

    "Back in aught-eight, I had to eat a handful of gravel for breakfast and crawl to school...etc..."

    I have seen it referring to this century too (google 'aught')


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    Stargal
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    The Scientist wrote:
    Hey all...
    Writing a report here on technology type stuff and the sentence i'm stuck on is:

    "It has become the most popular fashion accessory of the _______"?

    Just out of interest, what is the most popular fashion accessory de nos jours? ;)


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    FlutterinBantam
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    Its "noughties" as in zero-not "naughties"


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    Healio
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    Perhaps you could use Pre-teens!! :eek:


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    Victor
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    The Scientist wrote:
    "It has become the most popular fashion accessory of the _______"?
    Beyond "It has become the most popular fashion accessory of the twenty first century." I don't think it matters. Lets come back in 4-14 years to think of other words.
    FlutterinBantam wrote:
    Its "noughties" as in zero-not "naughties"
    Prude!


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    pickarooney
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    grumpytrousers wrote:
    indeed; there wasn't a similar catchy term for the equivalent time 100 years ago. the only catch is that during the years 201x we'll still be stuck on 'early 21st century' as things stand!

    The rather more romantic "belle époque" was commonly used to describe the equivalent period a hundred years ago, albeit mainly in France.

    Has "the tookays" already been suggested?


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