| The last decade of this very new Century has | | | | 3. Tsunami |
| been an extremely turbulent one. Often words | | | | 4. Facebook |
| change, and are related to the events we saw, | | | | 5. "Smoking Gun" |
| faced and even experienced in this first decade of | | | | 6. Twitter |
| the 21st Century. What are the ten buzzwords | | | | 7. "Change" |
| and catchphrases of the last decade? | | | | 8. "Swine Flu" |
| From the relative stability of peace and economic | | | | 9. "Toxic Debt" |
| progression, when the 20th Century ended, we | | | | 10. "Great Recession" |
| have reached after ten years a point of | | | | We can only wonder at the new buzzwords for |
| economic instability, mini- wars and uncertainty. | | | | the next decade of this current century, but lets |
| Ten years in a long time in life, and in retrospect | | | | spare a thought, and look back at what |
| few of us could ever believe we have reached | | | | catchphrases and words symbolized the second |
| the point of our lives now, or imagine the events | | | | decade of the 20th Century. |
| that marked this first decade of the 21st Century. | | | | 1. Titanic |
| Who can ever forget the expressions, "War on | | | | 2. "Lady Chatterley's Lover" |
| Terror," or recently "Great Recession." When we | | | | 3. "War to End all Wars" |
| are all encouraged to go "Green," and in our spare | | | | 4. Patriots |
| time "Twitter, " as lawyers and legal experts look | | | | 5. "Your Country needs you" |
| for a "Smoking Gun." | | | | 6. Bolshevik |
| Perhaps it is simply better to leave it to the new | | | | 7. Revolution |
| words and expressions we recognize today, as a | | | | 8. "American Century" |
| fitting tribute to the last ten years. | | | | 9. Spanish Flu |
| 1. "War on Terror" | | | | 10. Ford |
| 2. "Axis of Evil" | | | | Could history repeat itself? |