# naughties

Pronunciation: say "NAW-teez" US /ˈnɔtiz/, UK /ˈnɔːtiz/

## Noun

1. Alternative form of noughties. *(UK)* — Alternative form of noughties (“first decade of a century”).
   - Simple: Alternative form of noughties. Use it for the first ten years of a century, like the years 2000 to 2009.
   - _Fashion magazines keep bringing back styles from the naughties._
   - _The naughties saw the rapid rise of social media and online video._
2. People or things that are mischievous or mildly badly behaved. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: People or things that are a little bit bad or that misbehave.
   - _The babysitter rounded up the little naughties before dinner could go cold._
   - _He chuckled at the naughties someone had scribbled in the margins of the library book._

## Origin

Formed from "naughty" with the suffix "-s".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/naughties (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).