# The next Decade

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 6, 1999, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765 "1999-12-06T07:14:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/1 "1999-12-06T07:14:00Z")

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We have had the 60’s, the 80’s and the 90’s. Will the next 10 years be called the “zeros” ? or what? your responses, please

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/2 "1999-12-06T07:51:00Z")

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Probably just the “ohs” Like,  
“Remember back in oh-2 when we went to the lake with Jim and Sandy…?”  
But it sounds weird, doesn’t it?  
Meg

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/3 "1999-12-06T10:21:00Z")

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Or you can sidestep the issue. For the last few months, a local radio station has used the slogan “The best songs of the 80s, 90s, and today”. Technically, right now “90s and today” is redundant, but by next month it will fit. I assume they plan to use this slogan for a few years, until they can figure out what to call the first decade.

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**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/4 "1999-12-06T14:58:00Z")

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hmmm the first decade… I think we might be on to something here!

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“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good  
things.” --Edgar Degas

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/5 "1999-12-06T15:33:00Z")

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“Turn of the Century” or “Turn of the Millennium”.

Same question for 2010-2019: the Teens? the Tens?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/6 "1999-12-06T15:43:00Z")

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How 'bout the “naughty aughties”

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**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/7 "1999-12-07T06:06:00Z")

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Cecil answered this one.

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Yer pal,  
Satan

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-decade/11765/8 "1999-12-07T04:03:00Z")

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The 2Ks.

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Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together.  
—Red Green