 In December 2009 , the BBC online magazine asked its readers to nominate suggestions of things to be included on a poster which would represent important events in the 2000s ( decade ) , divided into five different categories : " People " , " Words " , " News " , " Objects " and " Culture " . Suggestions were sent in and a panel of five independent experts shortened each category to what they saw as the 20 most important . Among the nominations selected in the " Words " category was " Truthiness " . As a result , the word " Truthiness " appeared in the poster . 
