Meaning & use
aughts
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The decade from 2000 to 2009, referred to as a group.
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Flip phones and low-rise jeans were everywhere in the aughts.
Many popular bands from the aughts are touring again this year.
A note on using this word
Mostly used in American English; British English more often uses "the noughties" for the same decade.
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