Definition of "oughties" [oughties]

• A decade running from the first year of a century to the tenth. (noun)

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• "The oughties were the decade we realized that social relations are comprised of networks and awkwardly rushed to reframe all our relations upon that premise."
• "The oughties were the decade in which popular culture died."
• "The oughties were a decade entirely defined by our hesitant first steps of acclimation to the internet."