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naughties

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naughties¹

Where it comes from

From naughty + -s.

noun

  1. informal, plural, plural only Naughty people or things.

naughties²

Where it comes from

Homophone, sometimes a deliberate misspelling.

noun

  1. alternative, plural, plural only Alternative form of noughties (“first decade of a century”).

Naughties³

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of naughties (“first decade of a century”). 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.

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"naughties." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/naughties. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

naughties. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/naughties

Chicago

"naughties." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/naughties.

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@misc{naughties_2026,
  title = {naughties},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/naughties},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}