2000s So Far

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Fads Fashion and Trends: iPods, MP3, Digital Cameras, Google, Blogs, Wikipedia, DVDs, Shaggy hair makes a come back, tattoos, Body Piercing, baggy pants, Wide Skate shoes, MySpace, Texas Hold Em, American Idol, Energy Drinks, Atkins Diet, DVD Players in cars, Camera phones, Low Rise Jeans, Fantasy Leagues, Reality TV, Ugg Boots, Razor Phones

Slang: Savage (cool), Dope (awesome), Fo Shizzle (for Sure), Fo show (for Sure), What's Crakin( whats going on), sup (what's going on), Iight (alright), My Bad, 24 7, 24 8 (more than all day), That's hard (cool), Ya feeling me (do you understand what I'm saying or what I'm about), LOL (laugh Out Loud)

Events:

Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000)

September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Center and Virginia's Pentagon killing almost 3000 people

U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan to Depose the Taliban

U.S. Invasion of Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein and his Government

The Enron Scandal

Reality Television Expands and dominates the Television

Red states Vs Blue States in American politics

Same Sex marriage becomes a major Controversial Issue

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans

Global Warming continues to be a major concern

Kobe Bryant Scandal

Steroids in Baseball becomes very controversial as Barry Bonds chases the home run record

Anna Nichole Smith Dies

Buck Owens Died

James Brown Died

Steve Irwin Died

Pop Culture:

Rap Music is lead by Artists such as: Eminem, Nelly, 50 Cent 

Cell Phones are everywhere

Alternative rock maintains its strength as well as baggy pants, tattoos, piercing, and many slang words from the 90s.

Country Music Loses some popularity.

Movie series The Lord of the Rings and the new Star Wars trilogy dominate at the box Office. Other Popular Movies include: Harry Potter, The Matrix, X-Men, Napoleon Dynamite, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion , the Witch and Wardrobe,

Punk remains cool to many of the youth with bands like Green Day leading the way.

Reality Shows such as Survivor and Big Brother are very popular along with the current favorite American Idol.

Other popular TV Shows are Lost, Chappelle's Show, South Park, Spongbob Squarepants, CSI, Desperate Housewives, Law & Order