# what will they call this decade (2000-2009)?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-they-call-this-decade-2000-2009/82071 "2001-09-17T02:57:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Navin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Navin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navin)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-they-call-this-decade-2000-2009/82071/1 "2001-09-17T02:57:19Z")

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what is the term used to describe the decade from 2000-2009?

Other decades are obviously known as the nineties, eighties, etc…

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**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-they-call-this-decade-2000-2009/82071/2 "2001-09-17T03:07:19Z")

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See that little magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner? It’s called “Search.” It is your friend. Go on, don’t be afraid…

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**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-they-call-this-decade-2000-2009/82071/3 "2001-09-17T03:19:53Z")

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You’ll want to enter, “What will the first decade of the 21st century be called?”

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**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-they-call-this-decade-2000-2009/82071/4 "2001-09-17T03:21:57Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB, **Navin**!

Here are Cecil’s responses:

[What did people in the 1900s call the decade in which they lived?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_161.html)

[What will the first decade of the 21st century be called?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_263b.html)

You can search Cecil’s answers [here](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/).

Arjuna34

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**Author:** ![Swirdle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Swirdle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swirdle)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-they-call-this-decade-2000-2009/82071/5 "2001-09-17T18:49:24Z")

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We call it the noughties!