LekhoriLekhoriThe first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.
The 20th Century’s Aughts and Teens: OPERETTA [chapter title]
From or evoking the first decade of a century (chiefly the 2000s).
Dialup internet is so aughts.
From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero.
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