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The Aughties 

The decade from 2000 to 2009. A play on the phrase "the eighties" and the word aught, meaning "zero".
USA Today leads with new Census data showing immigrants who've arrived in the Aughties have come with slightly more education than in previous decades. (From Eric Umansky's article "Oui Are Family" in Slate Magazine 2/22/05).
The Aughties by bolonium February 22, 2005

The Augury 

A British warship that was only famous because it was attacked by the pineapple pirates; a group of deranged individuals who were after pineapples that harvested goods. Unfortunately no such pineapples existed.
"Hey look, it is the pineapple pirates, they have come to take our fruits!" -- Captain of The Augury
The Augury by Pineapple History September 23, 2009

The Aught Generation 

The latest college graduate generation who keeps saying they aught to do important things but never do! This is from the "Mother Goose and Grimm" newspaper comic strip by Mike Peters.
The comic strip's Blurb is "The Aught Generation" and shows recent college grads thinking lines like: I ought to have a job! or I ought to get health insurance! or I ought to pay off my student loan! or I ought to move out of my parents house!

The Aughstenhass effect 

The effect that states if you use a big word confidently, anyone will believe you.
Guy 1: “Did you know that if you permangenate an Apple it will dissolve”

Guy 2: “Oh really? That’s so cool!”

Guy 3: “No he’s just messing with you, it’s called the Aughstenhass effect.”

Guy 2: “What’s that?”

Guy 3: “it’s the effect that states if you use a big enough word anyone will believe you”

The August Game 

The August game is a constant, never-ending event in which people of the world take pictures of the one and only August. He is an English born gentleman currently living in Brooklyn. He can often be found traversing the grounds of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Watson: "My God, there he is"

Watson: "It's him...it's AUGUST"

Sherlock: "The August game is afoot my dear Watson!"

The Augustus Gloop

When you buttfuck someone while they are taking a dump.
They listened to GG Allin records while he pep-talked her into doing The Augustus Gloop.
The Augustus Gloop by Fuckered Up November 20, 2025