The ABC's of Trends: 2008, 2009, ...

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Welcome back to the Year in Ideas issue. For the eighth year in a row, we have compiled an alphabetical digest of ideas, from A to Z (almost), that helped make the previous 12 months, for better or worse, what they were.
 — The New York Times Magazine

With some trends, you know, you just don't know, you know?

2008	2009
Air Bags for the Elderly	Douche Bags for the Perpetually Perplexed
Automated Anesthesia	Auto-inflated Anastasia
Avian Dancing	Aryan Prancing
Bubble Wrap That Never Ends	Bubble-Wrap Möbius Strip
Bus-Wait Formula	Self-Serve Formula
Capital Insurance	Regulatory Arms Race
Carbon Penance	Wind-Power Credits
Climate-Change Defense	Criminal Rampage by Al Gore
Cloth Car	Paper Car
Cold-Shoulder Science	Rump-Roast Astrology
Crystal Chair	Snow-Flake Toilet Seat