The 2013 In/Out List

Monica Hesse and Dan Zak establish what’s in and what’s out in 2013.

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OUT: Teddy Wins! IN: Draft Taft (The underdog has triumphed. We're moving on to bigger things.)

Left: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post, right: AP /

OUT: Meggings IN: Pants (World: You only get to use the "m" prefix one more time. Do not waste it on "meggings.")

Left: Silvia Boratti, right: iStockphoto

OUT: ZZ Ward IN: Kacey Musgraves (In the competition for Taylor Swift's throne, Musgrave's heartfelt lyrics edge out Ward's zazz.)

Left: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images for Live in the Vineyard, right: Rusty Russell/Getty Images

OUT: Blue Ivy IN: Her Royal Fetus (Beyonce as Mom < Queen Elizabeth as Great-Granny)

Left: Ed Burke for Beyonce.com, right: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

OUT: Leica IN: Lytro (Begone, outrageous status-symbol camera. The Lytro is shaped like a Twinkie and photographs like a dream.)

Left: Dieter Nagl, WestLicht Auction handout/AP, right: Lytro

OUT: Milk and cookies IN: Doughnuts (Eat the retro dessert of the policeman, not the first-grader.)

Left: Scott Olson/Getty Images, right: Evy Mages/For The Washington Post

OUT: Pundits IN: Psephologists (Must we explain this?)

Left: Tony Gutierrez/AP, right: Nam Y. Huh/AP

OUT: Mason jars IN: Growlers (Please stop drinking out of containers that should only hold breakfast spreads.)

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OUT: K-pop IN: M-pop (Oppa Myanmar Style. Get ready.)

Left: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Jingle Ball 2012, right: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images

OUT: Plundering Stan Lee IN: Discovering Saga (Characters of the Marvel world: You have avenged us all. Retire. Please.)

left: Marvel Comics/AP, right: Image Comics

OUT: Louis CK IN: Hannibal Buress (Just YouTube Buress's pickle juice routine while we wait here.)

Left: FX via AP, right: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

OUT: Haircuts from One Direction IN: Haircuts from Wham! (Young men, enough with this half-sass nonsense. Go big or go home.)

Left: Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post, right: Neal Ulevich/AP

OUT: Joseph Gordon-Levitt IN: Scoot McNairy (JoGo had four sensitive-indie-action-man flicks in 2012. In 2013, Scoot has five.)

Left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI, right: Andrew Kelley/Reuters

OUT: "Can't, I'm going to Iceland." IN: "Can't, I'm going to Antarctica." (This year's vacation destination of braggy irritation is way, way down south.)

Left: Paul Taggart/Bloomberg News, right: Martin Passingham/Reuters

OUT: Lena Dunham IN: Greta Gerwig (The Adam/Hannah relationship will implode “Girls,” so we seek new versions of struggling creative Manhattanites: namely Gerwig as a wayward dancer in Noah Baumbach’s fanciful “Frances Ha,” coming this spring.).

Left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images, right: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

OUT: Ke$ha IN: A$AP Rocky (His debut album drops in January; after that, we must declare the money symbol over).

Left: Chris Pizzello/Invision via AP, right: John Sisk/For The Washington Post

OUT: Food trucks IN: Hair salon trucks (If you can lunch-break trot to Farragut Square for a cupcake, you can do it for a bang trim.)

Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post

OUT: Executive cool in the West Wing IN: Teen angst in the East Wing (Guess what, Mr. President? Both of your daughters will hit high school this term.)

Left: Chuck Liddy/Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer/AP, right: Olivier Douliery/Getty Images

OUT: Electric Cars IN: Trains (Save the environment. While snacking in the dining car!)

Left: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images, right: Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post

OUT: George Clooney IN: Eva Longoria (Longoria undoes His Clooneyness, becomes celebvocate-in-chief and co-chairs Obama’s inauguration committee.)

Left: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, right: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NCLR

OUT: Warren Buffet's secretary IN: Pope Benedict's butler (She paid higher taxes than her boss. He leaked Vatican papers. Both are only known through their employment by famous men. Do they have real names?)

Left: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News, right: Osservatore Romano/AFP/Getty Images

OUT: Honey Boo Boo IN: Bilbo Baggins (Homespun wisdom disguised as foolishness shall come from middle Earth, not the American south)

Left: John Bazemore/AP, right: Warner Brothers Pictures

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BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 18: Jockey Gary Stevens rides Oxbow out to the front of the pack on the first straight away during the 138th Running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)

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Graduating students' with rain soaked mortar boards from a driving rain, listen as US President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address during a ceremony at Morehouse College on May 19, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

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President Obama gets personal about race and manhood in a speech to graduates of historically black Morehouse College.

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 19: (L-R) Keaton Stromberg, Drew Chadwick, and Wesley Stromberg of Emblem3 arrive at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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New York Yankees' Travis Hafner bats during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Many seminary graduates are choosing not to become pastors. Rebecca J. Cole received her Master of Divinity and is becoming a community organizer on Capitol Hill. She hugs another graduate after the ceremony. The 2013 Commencement ceremony for Wesley Theological Seminary was held on May 13 at the Washington National Cathedral. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

Eager to minister, but not from the pulpit

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epa03704474 A Muslim woman at the ThetKalPyin temporary relief camp near Sittwe in Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 17 May 2013. A total of 13 people were confirmed dead in neighboring Bangladesh as people began to return home from shelters, a day after Cyclone Mahasen hit the coast, officials said 17 May. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 16: American Idol Season 12 Winner Candice Glover (C) is seen onstage during Fox's 'American Idol 2013' Finale Results Show at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 16, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Candice Glover wins 12th season of ‘American Idol’

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US actress Claire Julien smiles on May 16, 2013 while posing during a photocall for the film 'The Bling Ring' at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Cannes, one of the world's top film festivals, opened on May 15 and will climax on May 26 with awards selected by a jury headed this year by Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

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