Roundup: Best of the Noughties

Published January 3, 2010

The year 2009 had been quite the year, the previous decade quite the decade. But now that we have crossed the doorway to 2010, here is a quick glance at what was lost and what was gained by the end of the first decade of the new millennium. Here are the winners and losers of 'The Noughties'.

INs

OUTs
Minimalism
Style
Being Green
Zero
Twitter
Excess
Fashion
Being Mean
Hero
My Space
Saving the planet
Warewolves
Dr Phil
Fat free
Sarah Palin
NASA
Vampires
Jerry Springer
Stomach stapling
Pamela Anderson
Ever after
Iran
Dressed
Swine Flu
30
Honey, honey
Tiger Woods
Iraq
Stressed
Af-flu-ent
16
Sugar, sugar
Life skills
Decency
Curiosity
Bloom
Life before midnight
Charity
David Letterman
Schooling
Gloom
Life after midnight
Empowering
Shrinks
Brick for brick
ORS
Outsourcing
Gossip
Backbiting
NRO
Commissioners
Flyovers
Veils
Recession
Floods
Nazims
Diversions
Peels
Jobs
Drought
Twenty20
Third gender
Inspired influencers
Yoga
Fat margins
ODIs
Sexists
Flogging
Michael Jackson
Thin lines