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unstatusthequo on April 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Silicon Valley Is Not a Fad

Better than "the naughts" or "the dub dubs" is it not? What do you call it?

sarchertech on April 30, 2019 | [–]

My personal favorite is "the noughties".

twic on April 30, 2019 | | [–]

This is the only one i've heard in normal use.

etrautmann on April 30, 2019 | [–]

Never heard the dub dubs but I’ll start using that immediately

theandrewbailey on April 30, 2019 | [–]

Goes well with Dubya.

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