Youthquake: Word of the Year 2017

The 2017 Word of the Year has been announced by Oxford Dictionaries and it's… 'Youthquake'.

But what does it mean?

Well, it doesn't mean young people shaking, the word actually refers to young people influencing cultural, political or social change.

It was popularised during the UK general election.

Previous words of the year have been 'Selfie' in 2013, 'Sudoku' in 2005 and in 2015 it wasn't a word, it was the crying-laughing face emoji.

Other words included in this years shortlist:

Milkshake duck: Not a duck that likes milkshake, but it refers to a person or thing which trends on social media but then becomes negative.

Unicorn: We all know this one, it doesn't refer to the fictional animal though, the word has been recognised for items or food and drink which are rainbow coloured.

Gorpcore: This is a style of dress which is inspired by outdoor clothing.

Kompromat: This is the name given to information collected by spies for use in blackmailing people they want to control.

Newsjacking: This is when products or brands take advantage of a news story to promote their items.