What is the name for this decade?
It's 2009 and we still haven't named our decade. Will we have to wait for an oldies station to say, "Playing the greatest hits from the 80's, 90's and ________"?
Technically, I think, it the "oughts" but I haven't heard anyone refer to it that way.
Here is an interesting link to an article written in 2005 about the same topic:
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Here's another one that suggests that this decade be nicknamed "The Primes" - doing a positive image vs. a negative one. I'm not sure this person actually was awake during this decade of Bush and the terrible economy!
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