Naughties

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Naughty people or things. informal, plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    Alternative form of noughties (“first decade of a century”). alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of naughties (“first decade of a century”). alt-of

    "The house will be transformed—it will be the Eighties. Not the real Eighties but the Naughties version (Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, Naughties) where pink and black come in organic cotton as opposed to stretch polyester."

Synonyms

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00s1900s2000saughtsoughtiesoughties

Example

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"The house will be transformed—it will be the Eighties. Not the real Eighties but the Naughties version (Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, Naughties) where pink and black come in organic cotton as opposed to stretch polyester."

Etymology

From naughty + -s.

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