No Good Name For The Decade About To End ...

[Jingthing]

Got any suggestions?

I don't. I agree with the article that all the current ones in usage are totally lame.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_deca/ynews_deca_ts1010

Americans have had 10 whole years to figure out what to call the past decade, and yet most people are still at a loss when it comes to referring to it as anything other than "the current decade" or simply "the 21st century."

[neverdie]

Decade of limp dikked presidents.

[Jingthing]

Decade of limp dikked presidents.

Has merit. Too long.

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[KarenBravo]

It's been called the Noughties (Naughties) for quite a number of years now.

[Jingthing]

It's been called the Noughties (Naughties) for quite a number of years now.

It really hasn't caught on. It sounds silly. Can you really imagine radio stations playing Hits from the Noughties? I have never heard one person use the term, nor have I ever used it. I used "this decade" but now that it is over "that last decade" won't cut it. So coming up, I reckon, is the TENS?

Edited December 27, 2009 by Jingthing

[KarenBravo]

nor have I ever used it. I

Well, I guess that must make it official then.

The upcoming decade is the Teenies.

A century ago, the equivalent decade was called Edwardian as we were fortunate that the British king came to the throne in 1901 and thoughtfully died in 1910.

[thaimite]

nor have I ever used it. I

Well, I guess that must make it official then.

The upcoming decade is the Teenies.

A century ago, the equivalent decade was called Edwardian as we were fortunate that the British king came to the throne in 1901 and thoughtfully died in 1910.

By that logic if the current successor to the British crown is crowned, then we will be in the Charlean era, and all be known as Charlies

[Pooklook]

The decade of The Seven Deadly Sins............

[zaza]

The Decade of Decayed Politics.

[teatree]

The O's (oh's)

[cmdream]

I think "Descending Decade" fits the bill. Each year has been on a downward slope for mankind.

[Jingthing]

Just as a way of proof that this issue is real, on the famous US news interview show Meet The Press, the host was talking about this. He said we haven't figured out what to call this decade to the panel, mentioned oughties (the panel cringed), and asked them what they thought. They shrugged. Then he left it unresolved and called it THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21st CENTURY, which was of course a punt and too long a phrase to stick. In the US, this is real. There is no set name (and there may NEVER be). Do the other Anglo countries have a similar lack of a set fully accepted name, or have they definitively settled on one of the weak competitors?

Edited December 28, 2009 by Jingthing

[Zpete]

I always thought a decade was 10 years.

Like there was NO YEAR ZERO, so end of the decade will be end of 2010.

31/12/2010

[Jingthing]

I always thought a decade was 10 years.

Like there was NO YEAR ZERO, so end of the decade will be end of 2010.

31/12/2010

Ten years

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

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[bkkjames]

Just call it The Shit Years and be done with it.

In 30 years when someone comments on your poor fashion taste as you attempt to go retro, you can say you grew up in the The Shit Years.

[caf]

nor have I ever used it. I

Well, I guess that must make it official then.

The upcoming decade is the Teenies.

A century ago, the equivalent decade was called Edwardian as we were fortunate that the British king came to the throne in 1901 and thoughtfully died in 1910.

Ugh. 1901 is in the decade 1900 to 1909

1910 is in the next decade

But I understand what you mean

[caf]

I always thought a decade was 10 years.

Like there was NO YEAR ZERO, so end of the decade will be end of 2010.

31/12/2010

Ten years

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

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Jingthings right. From a nano-second past midnight on 1 Jan 2000 to midnight 31 December 2009

One full decade

I don't usually agree with J. ( that is not because I do not like him, it is because he is usually wrong . . )

[KarenBravo]

We are talking about two different things here. A calender decade is 1991 to 2000, but, a decade can mean any ten year period; thus the sixties is 1960 to 1969.

[Birdman]

The Gap

[mahtin]

dubblows

[Jingthing]

Well, it appears it is the editorial policy of the Washington Post to call the decade the Aughts. That may be a strong indication of the mainstream press take on this. However, the test will be whether people end up regularly use that term in everyday conversation in the same way they talk about the 60's or the 90's. I think not.

Edited December 28, 2009 by Jingthing

[canuckamuck]

the scam years

[surfscuba]

how about the "greed is good ponzi scheme debt collapse ushering in a new dark ages century" decade?

[bkkjames]

I think the 'Crackdown' years or the 'Years of the Hub' would work.

[Zpete]

I always thought a decade was 10 years.

Like there was NO YEAR ZERO, so end of the decade will be end of 2010.

31/12/2010

Ten years

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

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Yer thick.

Remember, there was NO year ZERO in the modern (?) calendar.

1 BC, then 1 AD, so decades begin at "1"

So the beginning was year 1 (one), there cannot be a year zero, it would not exist.

Therefore end of a decade finishes at 10 (ten)

A decade could be called of any 10 consecetive years, such as 1992 - 2001 for example.

Dum people count a year that never existed as, 1...........<deleted>

I agree, the modern press is taking a simplistic way out. Neva care.

Edit for spelling.

Edited December 29, 2009 by Zpete

[Jingthing]

You are too literal.

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[Abrak]

Krugman simply believes the decade should be called 'The Big Zero'

1) Zero % growth in private sector employment (1st decade ever)

2) Zero % gain in real median incomes

3) Zero % gain in real house prices

4) Zero % gain in the stock market

He is, of course, referring to the US.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/...nyt&emc=rss

[Jingthing]

If we don't have a name for this decade that has resonance, and we clearly don't, maybe we just want to forget the whole shebang?

[jackbristol]

What did we call it last century (ie 1900-1909)? Let's just call it the same as that.

[Jingthing]

What did we call it last century (ie 1900-1909)? Let's just call it the same as that.

The Aughts, I believe. I think that one will stick for the media because they need something shorter than the first decade of the century. But it is so ARCHAIC sounding that I do not believe it will ever catch on with the masses.

Edited December 30, 2009 by Jingthing