# So... what are we calling this decade? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 13, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398 "2009-11-13T02:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/1 "2009-11-13T02:24:30Z")
It’s almost over… but have we decided? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/2 "2009-11-13T02:25:47Z")
“The two thousands.” End of discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/3 "2009-11-13T03:02:15Z")
Shut up! It’s almost over. We’ve just about made it through without having to answer this “super important” question of our time!! If we just forget about it, somehow we’ll make it through. Let’s just continue to rephrase our sentences to avoid the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/4 "2009-11-13T03:24:35Z")
What do you mean exactly? As an example the 1990s were labeled ‘the 90s’ but they were also called things like ‘the decade of the brain’ because of advances in neuroscience. So I am not sure what you are asking. Do you mean which major accomplishments and failures will we reference when we talk about 2000-2009, or do you mean the numerical term (ie the 80s, the 90s, etc). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/5 "2009-11-13T03:30:21Z")
Yep. I’m suprised 2009 is almost over and we still haven’t figured out the name of the decade. So I guess we’re gonna skip naming this one. We’ll have the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, the 90s…then another decade…then the Teens, the 20s, the 30s, and so on. As a global civilization it looks like we’ve given up. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/6 "2009-11-13T03:34:43Z")
What did they call it 100 years ago? Straight Dope column on this subject [here](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/511/what-will-the-first-decade-of-the-21st-century-be-called), although it doesn’t really say for sure. But I do like the Naughty Aughties. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/7 "2009-11-13T03:34:53Z")
I’ve seen it called the noughties. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/8 "2009-11-13T04:10:53Z")
We’re not calling it anything. I, for one, approve. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/9 "2009-11-13T04:17:10Z")
The 00s . . . appropriately, “the uh-ohs.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/10 "2009-11-13T04:51:17Z")
> [@Doctor\_Who](#): > > “The two thousands.” End of discussion. Why? You said so? I have heard no official or unofficial leader for a name. Maybe we should call it the, “forgotten decade”. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/11 "2009-11-13T12:04:24Z")
As per a headline we’re running this weekend, sadly it seems to be the Noughties. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/12 "2009-11-13T12:07:46Z")
“Clive” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/13 "2009-11-13T12:32:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The 00s . . . appropriately, “the uh-ohs.” Um… that puts my decade in a nutshell. Uh-ohs. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/14 "2009-11-13T12:36:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “Clive” i don’t care what the consensus will be, but I’m going to stick with this one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/15 "2009-11-13T12:37:02Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > …but they were also called things like ‘the decade of the brain’ because of advances in neuroscience. They were? I lived through the entire decade, and was mostly culturally aware of the general zeitgeist, but I haven’t heard of that one. I can’t believe I have just used the word “zeitgeist”, and done so correctly. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/16 "2009-11-13T12:39:06Z")
Maybe we should just call this decade “a disaster” and move on to the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/17 "2009-11-13T12:58:39Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The 00s . . . appropriately, “the uh-ohs.” I’d pronounce it the oos, like _ooze_! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/18 "2009-11-13T13:03:39Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > It’s almost over… but have we decided? 😕 There doesn’t seem to be any consensus about it even though it’s apparently been discussed since at least 1974. When you get down to it, few people cared. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/19 "2009-11-13T13:05:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > … > > Maybe we should call it the, “forgotten decade”. Maybe we should call it the “best forgotten decade”. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398/20 "2009-11-13T13:12:55Z")
I’ve heard it called the noughties, too, and I like it best! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-we-calling-this-decade/517398.md?page=2)