oughties

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oughties

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Perhaps from nought and eighties.

noun

humorous, plural, plural only, rare A decade running from the first year of a century to the tenth.
Similar: 2000s (21st century), noughties

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@misc{oughties_2026,
  title = {oughties},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oughties},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}