Aughts

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The aughts (American English)^[1][2][3] or noughties (British English)^[4][5] are terms referring to the decade 2000 to 2009. These arise from the words aught and nought respectively, both meaning zero.

In the English-speaking world, a name for the decade was never universally agreed on as it was for decades such as the eighties, the nineties, etc.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

The noughties became a common name for the decade in the United Kingdom^{[11][12][13][14][15]} and in New Zealand and Australia.^[16][17]

Although use of the word aught to refer to zero is not widespread in the United States, the use of aughts to identify the decade became common there.^[18][19][20]