# What do we call this decade?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-this-decade/158535>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-this-decade/158535 "2003-03-02T04:51:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-this-decade/158535/41 "2003-03-04T18:58:37Z")

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So far I would generally just call it the suckies

But we would common call it the turn of the century. Its what we called the first decade of the 1900’s.

If you think thats bad, what would you call the next decade?

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**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-this-decade/158535/42 "2003-03-04T20:41:45Z")

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1970 = seventies  
1980 = eighties  
1990 = nineties  
2000 = tenties

Hey – works for me…

😉

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**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-this-decade/158535/43 "2003-03-04T21:08:18Z")

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Oh come on people, it’s so obvious.  
**The Zips**

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