the term "turn-of-the century"

so do we need to start qualifying this now?

do i need to say "turn of the 20th century" to talk about the early 1900s and "turn of the current century" to mean 2000?

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huh?

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the "turn of the century usually applies to 1899-1900"
while 1999-2000 was the millenium.

I doubt turn of the century is often used to describe that time period

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I've been qualifying it, since we entered the 21st century. Otherwise it's not clear at all.

"Turn of the 20th century" is exactly what I say and write (if that's what I mean.

I don't use "Turn of the 21st century" as much. To be clear, I would use "the new millennium" preferably.

The harder question? What do you call this decade? Radio stations chicken out on it, when they say they play music from the '80s, '90s, and... "today." What the hell is "today?" They mean the "aughts" or the "zeros?" It will be an issue when we enter the "teens." Then you can't just call this current decade "today" anymore.

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While we're at it, do you think anyone actually thinks "The Gay Nineties" refers to the 1990's?

"While we're at it, do you think anyone actually thinks "The Gay Nineties" refers to the 1990's?"

Well, for me it sure as hell does.

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Aught-Seven

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