Arthur J. Villasanta – Fourth Estate Contributor
Oxford, United Kingdom (4E) – The British English-speaking world has chosen the noun “youthquake” as its phrase of the yr for 2017 whereas their cousins (the Americans) on the opposite aspect of The Pond selected “feminism” as its phrase of the yr.
Oxford Dictionaries, which is printed in Oxford, England, picked “youthquake” on account of the sudden degree of youth activism on this summer season’s election within the United Kingdom.
A portmanteau of “youth” and “earthquake,” the noun is outlined by Oxford Dictionaries as “A significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people.”
Oxford Dictionaries mentioned the primary recorded use of youthquake is from the January 1965 version of the journal Vogue. This phrase described the upsurge of youth tradition in London that occurred within the 1960s, particularly as mirrored within the altering trend of the interval.
The phrase was apparently coined by Diana Vreeland, former editor-in-chief of Vogue.
In the United States, dictionary writer Merriam-Webster named “feminism” its phrase of the yr on account of the Women’s Marches in January and the latest and relentless wave of sexual misconduct allegations in opposition to celebrities.
Merriam-Webster outlined feminism as both “1: the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes, or 2: organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.”
It mentioned there was a 70% enhance in searches on the Merriam-Webster web site for this phrase.
“No one word can ever encapsulate all the news, events or stories of a given year,” in response to Merriam-Webster.
“But when we look back at the past twelve months and combine an analysis of words that have been looked up much more frequently than during the previous year along with instances of intense spikes of interest because of news events, we see that one word stands out in both categories.”
The dictionary additionally cited the leisure trade as a potential cause for the spike in searches for the phrase.
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