BBC Poll of the Decade

Is it really possible to sum up a decade?

We asked readers to help us to create a portrait of the decade. Each day last week we focused on a different theme - words , people , news stories , objects and culture
An expert picked 20 of each

With the help of thousands of readers, maybe it is. Last week, we asked readers to send in their suggestions for the words, people, events, objects and cultural highlights which they thought defined the Noughties. Our panel of five independent experts considered all the suggestions and each has drawn up a list of 20.

The results below give a snapshot of who and what has shaped the last 10 years. Technology, celebrity culture and environmentalism are dominant themes.

Words:
9/11
24/7
Bling
Blog
Credit crunch
Chav
Facebooking
Fairtrade
Footprint
i-
lol
Meh
Obamamania
Pandemic
Slumdog
Sustainability
Truthiness
Tweet
WAG
War on terror

People:
David Beckham
L/Corp Johnson Beharry
Osama Bin Laden
Tony Blair
George W Bush
Shami Chakrabarti
Simon Cowell
Roger Federer
Norman Foster
Stephen Fry
Bill Gates
Jade Goody
Brian Haw
Rupert Murdoch
Barack Obama
Jamie Oliver
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
David Tennant
Jane Tomlinson
Jimmy Wales

News:
Danish cartoons controversy
Death of Dr David Kelly
Death of Michael Jackson
Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
England win the Ashes 2005
Final Harry Potter book
Fuel strikes 2000
Human Genome Project
Indian Ocean tsunami
Iraq War
John Darwin, missing canoeist
Launch of Big Brother
Launch of Wikipedia
London bombings 2005
MPs' expenses scandal
Northern Ireland power-sharing
Run on Northern Rock
September 11th 2001
Smoking ban
Usain Bolt at Beijing Olympics

Objects:
Bag for life
BlackBerry
Bling jewellery
Bluetooth earpiece
Credit card
Flat-screen TVs
Gherkin (London's Swiss Re building)
Hair straighteners
High-visibility vest
Hoody
iPod
Organic vegetable box
Oystercard
Playstation3
Sat-nav
Sky+ box
Toyota Prius
Ugg boots
Wheelie bin
Wind turbine

Culture:
Black Watch (play)
Box sets
Curb your Enthusiasm
Live opera beamed into cinemas
Liverpool as European Capital Of Culture
Lord of the Rings trilogy
From Dome to O2 Arena
Rise of music festivals
Return of Doctor Who
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra at the Proms
Spotify
St Pancras station reopening
Strictly Come Dancing
Sultan's Elephant
Television on-demand
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Office
The Thick of It
The Wire
YouTube