>>>Well, I thought about calling the next decade the "zeros"...has kind a of a funny connotation to it, though :) "Singles" sounds a little better...
>>How about "early century"? "how will the economy fare in the early century".. I bet old folks will keep saying "nowadays".. The "singles" sounds ambiguous. But then again, what will you call the years between 2010 and 2020?
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>Well, that one's easy, it'll be the "Teens." It's just that first decade that's tricky...

Ok some other suggestions, in the vein of "zeroes"
zippos, the .null. decade, the zip decade,zipper :)
Alp