2014 neologisms

Web3 is an idea for a new iteration of the World Wide Web which incorporates concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, tokenomics, and privacy-enhancing technologies. The term is sometimes confused with the Semantic Web, as both have sometimes been referred to as "Web 3.0". Some technologists and journalists have contrasted it with Web 2.0, in which they say user-generated content is controlled by a small group of companies referred to as Big Tech. The term "web 3.0" as applied to blockchain technology was coined in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, and the idea gained

monetization of personal information

thumb|alt=A comic strip featuring a talking sealion pestering a woman|The Terrible Sea Lion by David Malki (19 September 2014, No. 1062) from which the term sealioning originates

slogan created as a counter-movement to Black Lives Matter

Normcore is a unisex fashion trend characterized by unpretentious, average-looking clothing. Normcore fashion includes jeans, T-shirts, sweats, button-downs, and sneakers.

Xennials, also called Xillenials, are the micro-generation of people born in the Western World on the cusp of the Generation X and Millennial demographic cohorts.

contested possibility of violent crime increasing with reduced proactive policing