What do u call the 2000s

The naughties? As the reassuringly comprehensible nineties were drawing to a close, all these were suggested as possible designations for the coming era. Having readied ourselves for that disaster, the one that actually did materialize, a year and a half later—the terrorist attacks of September, —came as a surprise, even, apparently, to those who had been privy to intelligence memos warning of impending harm from militant-Islamist quarters.

Others argue that to name the decade thus would be letting the terrorists win—as if the cumulative casualties of war and the infringements of civil liberties that took place under President Bush were not already evidence of at least partial victory on that score. In the alternate decade of fantasy, President Gore, forever slim and with hairline intact, not only reads those intelligence memos in the summer of but acts upon them; he also ratifies the Kyoto Protocol and invents something even better than the Internet.

And, after all this, the still more remarkable: the election of a certified intellectual as President, not to mention an African-American one. Statistics for aught Look-up Popularity. Style: MLA. More Definitions for aught. English Language Learners Definition of aught. Kids Definition of aught. Get Word of the Day daily email!

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