What's Hot List, 2010

Out: Pirates
So 5 Minutes Ago: Ninjas
In: Cossacks

Out: Vampires
5: Zombies
In: The Wendigo¹

Out: Sputnik
5: NASA
In: Filmmaker Luke Geissbuhler and his son, a weather balloon, and a Go Pro Hero camera

Out: Baggy jeans
5: Skinny Jeans
In: Velvet breeches

Out: Threatening rap
5: Nonthreatening rap
In: Hyper-nonthreatening, Euro-techno rap. (Thank you, Usher.)

Out: Print
5: Web 2.0
In: Virtual Reality, again, like in the 1990s! I predict its triumphant return.

Out: Computer viruses
5: Viral marketing
Always In: The Human Papillomavirus, which affects an estimated 80% of sexually active people in the US.

1 For more reading on Wendigos and their recent prominence, read this gruesome 2008 article and never sleep again.