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Sat 26 Dec, 2009 10:27 pm
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2009 review: Sex at the noughties' end
14:00 26 December 2009
There was plenty to hold the attention of those with an academic interest in sexual attraction and reproduction
@oristarA,
Cheesy and oversimplified nickname that the collective media/pop culture gurus are trying to give to the decade (2000-2009).
@tsarstepan,
It's a variation on the theme of the "Noughty-Aughts" = 2000 decade.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2009/11/30/segments/145143
Abbreviated names for decades:
1960s Sixties
1970s Seventies
1980s Eighties
1990s Nineties
2000s "Noughties" Note that "nought" is another word for the figure zero.
It's a pun. "Noughtie" is pronounced the same as "Naughty",i.e. erotic, racy.
Excellent!
Thank you all.
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