naughts
- plural of naught.
Example Sentences
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But she said, if Morris Chestnut was the ideal black boyfriend of the ’90s and the naughts, aka urbane, upwardly mobile, suave, smooth, Lakeith is this generation’s black rom-com boyfriend, emotionally intelligent, creative, quirky, funny.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2019
Until the naughts, when I simply quit going.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2016
No. Right or wrong, the referee’s decision at the double naughts must stand.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2015
But no one, as far as I know, has ever called himself an “aughts guy”; said earnestly, “That’s so tens”; or suggested, “Let’s have a naughts movie night!”
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2013
"I lack only one of having a hundred," said a student after an examination; "I have the two naughts."
From It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration by Morris, Joseph
