Ten Words and Expressions That Represent the Last Decade

The last decade of this very new Century has3. Tsunami
been an extremely turbulent one. Often words4. Facebook
change, and are related to the events we saw,5. "Smoking Gun"
faced and even experienced in this first decade of6. Twitter
the 21st Century. What are the ten buzzwords7. "Change"
and catchphrases of the last decade?8. "Swine Flu"
From the relative stability of peace and economic9. "Toxic Debt"
progression, when the 20th Century ended, we10. "Great Recession"
have reached after ten years a point ofWe 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 retrospectspare a thought, and look back at what
few of us could ever believe we have reachedcatchphrases and words symbolized the second
the point of our lives now, or imagine the eventsdecade of the 20th Century.
that marked this first decade of the 21st Century.1. Titanic
Who can ever forget the expressions, "War on2. "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
Terror," or recently "Great Recession." When we3. "War to End all Wars"
are all encouraged to go "Green," and in our spare4. Patriots
time "Twitter, " as lawyers and legal experts look5. "Your Country needs you"
for a "Smoking Gun."6. Bolshevik
Perhaps it is simply better to leave it to the new7. Revolution
words and expressions we recognize today, as a8. "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?