What is first decade of 21st century called?

[Keith Lyons]

Dear All:
It is commonly referred to as "the 9/11 decade" -- in US journalism, pencil & electronic press, political science, & history books; but generally not so outside of the United States.
Sincerely: -- Keith Lyons

[Sr Siete]

Noughties.

[cochrane]

Is this the article you're referring to?

What will the first decade of the 21st century called?

It's considered helpful to other members if you link to the article you're commenting on. Also, notice the date in the article is January 1, 1975, so September 11, 2001, was still 26 years into the future when it was written.

[Giles]

Originally Posted by Sr Siete

Noughties.

I've always liked the "Naughty Noughties" myself, but play around with the spelling if you wish.

[Fear Itself]

Originally Posted by Sr Siete

Noughties.

That keeps getting suggested, yet no one uses it.

[Nunzio Tavulari]

Originally Posted by Keith Lyons

It is commonly referred to as "the 9/11 decade"

I've never heard the term before. It seems unwieldy and jingoistic. can you provide an example of this usage?

[Sr Siete]

Originally Posted by Fear Itself

That keeps getting suggested, yet no one uses it.

At least in the British media it's quite common.

[SanVito]

I've always heard Noughties (Brit again)

[Powers]

Originally Posted by Keith Lyons

Dear All:
It is commonly referred to as "the 9/11 decade" -- in US journalism, pencil & electronic press, political science, & history books; but generally not so outside of the United States.
Sincerely: -- Keith Lyons

Dear Keith:

No it's not. Isn't it fun to exchange unsupported claims?

Sincerely: -- Powers

[Czarcasm]

Originally Posted by Keith Lyons

Dear All:
It is commonly referred to as "the 9/11 decade" -- in US journalism, pencil & electronic press, political science, & history books; but generally not so outside of the United States.
Sincerely: -- Keith Lyons

Commonly used where? It's not that it can't be found on the internet, but it is usually in stories that have something to do with the 9/11 incident and/or the following war.

[drewder]

I don't know why we feel so concerned about declaring a name for the decade. If there is to be a generally accepted name for the decade it will happen organically with out a committee being appointed.

[Irishman]

We're trying to find out if one has appeared organically.

"The noughties" appears to be fairly common, mostly for the play on words.

[Gagundathar]

I'll bet you that the first decade of the 21st century won't get named until we start naming the one we are currently in 'the teens'. Then, we may well choose 'the beginning of the century' or something equally cumbersome until some crafty young person coins a new term which will catch on like wildfire and forever sunder our populace into those who 'get it' and those who don't.

[Leaffan]

What did we call the previous century's 00s decade? The nineteen hundreds is probably the most common. (Then the nineteen tens, the twenties, the thirties..........)

I've never heard anyone genuinely call the 2000s the naughties. I think we'll probably settle on the two thousands as time goes on.

[squidfood]

Originally Posted by Gagundathar

I'll bet you that the first decade of the 21st century won't get named until we start naming the one we are currently in 'the teens'.

Which is quite odd, really - at least the Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties were referred to as such while I was living in them.

I've most often heard the "two thousands", probably leftover hype from the millennium. FWIW, it's listed that way here. It will be interesting to see if that sticks once the technical "two thousands" includes more than a decade.

[John W. Kennedy]

I use “ought-five”, etc., for individual years, as many people did a hundred years ago, but I’ve never used either “oughties” or “noughties”. “Nineteen-hundreds” was used for 190x, but you’ll note that “eighteen hundreds” isn’t used in the same way, due to the ambiguity, and I imagine “nineteen-hundreds” will soon succumb to the same problem. People are resisting “twenty-hundred” in all forms, anyway.

I suspect that society will eventually fall back on some nonnumeric term, just as the 180x decade is most likely to be called “the Regency” or “the Napoleonic era”, though either is imprecise. “The 9/11 decade” might indeed win out in time, or some reference to Bush or... Harry Potter, for aught I know. Who can say?

[gazpacho]

I think that we will find that like the first two decades of the 1900s there is not a widely used nickname for the years 2000 to 2009 and 2010 to 2019. once we hit 2020 it will be the twenties etc. just like last century. Sometimes a pithy nick name doesn't come around and people somehow muddle through.

[Prelude to Fascination]

I would say the early 2000s, or more specifically, the year. I say "early 1900s" when referring to 1900-1910 or so, so there's that continuity for me. "Noughties" just sounds silly as far as I'm concerned. Who uses "nought" for zero (except maybe Jethro Bodine)?

[gamerunknown]

"Noughties" offends me aesthetically. I may just have any recollections of the decade erased and pretend it never existed.

[Mona Lisa Simpson]

I've been known to call the decade past the "uh-oh-s" (00's). I was trying to get it to catch on but evidently I failed to bribe the non existant committe enough.

[Nunzio Tavulari]

I have proposed "The g00gles" several times but nobody else has taken up the banner to date.

[Fear Itself]

Nobody respects my "2K's", even though we started the decade with the Y2K scare.

[qazwart]

How about one big effing mess?

If there was ever possible to take a mulligan, the first decade of the 21st century would be it. That's sad considering how well the 20th century was ending: Democracy taking root in Eastern Europe, the U.S. taking a peace dividend and reducing military spending, the federal budget was being balanced, there was full employment, and the President was getting some. (Unfortunately, we all had to hear about it in detail, but not everything can be perfect).

[JKellyMap]

"Two thousands" works fine for me. I've used it quite a few times, and never been misunderstood, as far as I know. Works best when the conversational (or textual, in which case "2000s") context is appropriate to decade-talk.

I wouldn't use "early 2000s", as someone suggested, because this suggests "2000-2005," I would say.

[BrotherCadfael]

Originally Posted by Gagundathar

I'll bet you that the first decade of the 21st century won't get named until we start naming the one we are currently in 'the teens'. Then, we may well choose 'the beginning of the century' or something equally cumbersome until some crafty young person coins a new term which will catch on like wildfire and forever sunder our populace into those who 'get it' and those who don't.

I was reviewing my old posts the other day, and I see that on at least three occasions I said that we would wait until the teens, and then start calling it the "turn of the century". This is pretty much what we did last time.

[aldiboronti]

The first decade of the 21st century has no common name. Oh, there have been attempts to give it one but none of them have really caught on. I wouldn't sweat it though. The second decade too has no name and it won't be until we reach 2020 that we'll have familiar decade terms again.

Precisely the same thing occurred for the first two decades of the 20th century.

[YogSosoth]

I call it the 2000's. To me, since we're only in 2012, then of course it refers to only the decade and not the entire thousand year period from 2000-2999.

[Krokodil]

As I understand it, 1901-1910 was collectively called "Turn of the Century." So 2001-2010 can be collectively called "The Millennium." Purists won't like it, but it sure sounds better than any alternative.

[JKellyMap]

Originally Posted by Krokodil

As I understand it, 1901-1910 was collectively called "Turn of the Century." So 2001-2010 can be collectively called "The Millennium." Purists won't like it, but it sure sounds better than any alternative.

Not sure I get the parallel here. Perhaps you meant to write "turn of the millenium"? 'Cause it sure as heck ain't no millenium.

[Elendil's Heir]

I'd also say the "two thousands." From context, it should be clear if you mean the first decade, or the entire century.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Leaffan

What did we call the previous century's 00s decade? The nineteen hundreds is probably the most common. (Then the nineteen tens, the twenties, the thirties..........)

I've never heard anyone genuinely call the 2000s the naughties. I think we'll probably settle on the two thousands as time goes on.

Yeah, this is what I was thinking. (Fooey on you, Leaf.)

Anyway, I have my own suggestion. I'm sure it will take off across the US and then the world. Let's call them the OOgles! It'smore dignified than the Noughties and shows we're not all bawdy. Well, okay, maybe not dignified exactly.

[Nunzio Tavulari]

Originally Posted by tapu

Let's call them the OOgles!

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