I hate it, but I have fallen into calling the 2000-2009 the 'noughtys' - which I first heard on a radio show in 1999 and thought sounded stupid, but soon stuck

I hate it, but I have fallen into calling the 2000-2009 the 'noughtys' - which I first heard on a radio show in 1999 and thought sounded stupid, but soon stuck for me. As for the teens... well we are still in them, so yes they are just 'music, art, etc.' in the same way that I don't say: "So I was talking _English_ to a friend today..."