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Aughts

//ɒts// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    From or evoking the first decade of a century (chiefly the 2000s). not-comparable

    "Dialup internet is so aughts."

Noun
  1. 1
    The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties. plural, plural-only

    "The 20th Century’s Aughts and Teens: OPERETTA [chapter title]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero.

Etymology 2

From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero.

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