Has the word been invented yet?

07-12-2006 05:30PM #1

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MiCr0 · 07-12-2006 05:32PM

naughties

Tar.Aldarion · 07-12-2006 05:37PM

Zeros.
Zeroies.

Healio · 07-12-2006 05:40PM

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

parliament · 07-12-2006 05:45PM

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

07-12-2006 06:13PM

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grumpytrousers · 07-12-2006 06:26PM

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!

aidan_walsh · 07-12-2006 06:28PM

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?

grumpytrousers · 07-12-2006 06:32PM

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!

Yakuza · 08-12-2006 05:29PM

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')

Stargal · 08-12-2006 05:36PM

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?

11-12-2006 08:56PM

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FlutterinBantam · 11-12-2006 09:04PM

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

Healio · 11-12-2006 09:46PM

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

Victor · 30-12-2006 10:57AM

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!

pickarooney · 30-12-2006 10:48PM

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?

Has the word been invented yet?

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