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2010s neologisms

  • VaporwaveIn August 2010, a cassette tape titled Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 appeared on the internet under the name Daniel Lopatin.
  • Second Cold WarThe phrase new Cold War first appeared in 1955 when US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles used it to describe rising tensions.
  • Big TechIn 2013, economist Jim Cramer coined the acronym FANG to describe Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. He called these companies "totally dominant in their…
  • Climate emergency declarationThe first government to declare a climate emergency was the City of Darebin in Melbourne, Australia. This local council made the decision on the 5th of…