# What is this decade, anyway?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 15, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-decade-anyway/29457 "2000-08-15T16:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Samwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Samwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samwise)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-decade-anyway/29457/1 "2000-08-15T16:56:07Z")

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Cecil & Millions:

```
 Do forgive me if this has been said before; I didn't take that much time to make sure.
 There's a wonderful name for this decade, with a nice little double meaning. Using the term 'naught' for 0, we are living in the Naughties.
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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:** [August 15, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-decade-anyway/29457/2 "2000-08-15T17:09:49Z")

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