# very unimaginative post (What will they call the class of '00?)

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**Created:** [October 29, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-unimaginative-post-what-will-they-call-the-class-of-00/38852 "2000-10-29T23:00:27Z")\
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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:** [October 29, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-unimaginative-post-what-will-they-call-the-class-of-00/38852/1 "2000-10-29T23:00:27Z")

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Well this is boring but here in aus, they are currently calling this year ‘the class of two thousand’ and the decade ‘the oooies’  
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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-unimaginative-post-what-will-they-call-the-class-of-00/38852/2 "2000-10-30T02:16:07Z")

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[What will they call the class of '00?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_160.html) and  
[What did people in the 1900s call the decade in which they lived?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_161.html)

Here in the U.S., “the class of two thousand” is also common, but I have yet to hear “the oooies.” Are you sure you weren’t hearing someone who just stepped on a cactus?

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**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-unimaginative-post-what-will-they-call-the-class-of-00/38852/3 "2000-10-30T02:30:14Z")

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The “noughties” ?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-unimaginative-post-what-will-they-call-the-class-of-00/38852/4 "2000-10-30T18:05:40Z")

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**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-unimaginative-post-what-will-they-call-the-class-of-00/38852/5 "2000-10-30T18:11:07Z")

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**Evolved** , you might be interested in reading [an earlier discussion of this question.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24048) I stand by my preference, based on historical precedent, for “the naughty naughts.” Unfortunately, no one else seems to be convinced that the ensuing hilarity justifies this approach.