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two-thousandsies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
two-t-hou-sand-sies
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009.

Humorous; Informal

Etymology

From two thousands + -ies; the suffix -ies is used to form consistency with terms for recent previous decades, such as nineties, eighties, seventies, etc.

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What does two-thousandsies mean?
The decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009.
Where does two-thousandsies come from?
From two thousands + -ies; the suffix -ies is used to form consistency with terms for recent previous decades, such as nineties, eighties, seventies, etc.

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