2010s

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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twɛnti ˈtɛnz/ ("twenty tens")
  • IPA(key): /tuː ˈθaʊzənd (ˌænd) ˈtɛnz/ ("two thousand (and) tens")

Noun

2010s pl (plural only)

  1. The period from year 2010 to 2019; almost the same period as the second decade of the 21st century, which, however, was the years 2011 to 2020.
    • 2019 December 28, Ross Douthat, “The Decade of Disillusionment”, in The New York Times:
      Compared to this litany, the 2010s look a little uneventful, don’t they? Even if you declare Obamacare a big deal and grant Trump’s election world-historical significance, even if you bring in European dramas like Brexit and the Syrian refugee crisis, even if you pretend self-driving cars are really happening (just as soon as they learn to drive in rain …) … even then, the last decade’s disruptions don’t quite measure up.
    • 2023 June 28, Ben Jones, “Are we getting rid of our (still useful) rolling stock too early?”, in RAIL, number 986, page 28:
      Until the mid-2010s, the ROSCOs 'made hay while the sun shone', taking advantage of growing passenger demand and expanding services to find homes for their rolling assets - in some cases, well beyond their expected design lives.
    • 2024 August 9, Laura Snapes, “It’s a femininomenon! How Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom”, in The Guardian:
      [Chappell] Roan draws from the mega-pop of the 2010s, from Lady Gaga to Taylor Swift – then laces it with sexually frank asides and lavish doses of camp, and performs it with a maximalist, absurd aesthetic indebted to drag, John Waters and Freddie Mercury.

Usage notes

  • Once the 2000s ended, some people went back to the old pre-2000 formula of pronouncing years, leading to the pronunciations "twenty ten", "twenty eleven", "twenty twelve" etc. Others, however, continued the new post-1999 formula of pronouncing years, leading to the pronunciations "two thousand ten", "two thousand eleven", "two thousand twelve" etc. Both pronunciations are used, however the "twenty ten" pronunciation seems to be more popular now.
  • By 2020, it was debated whether the year 2020 was the tenth and last year in a decade or the first year in a new decade.

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