The kids are all right: ‘Youthquake’ is Oxford word of 2017

LONDON (AP) — Oxford Dictionaries recognized the power of the millennial generation Friday with its 2017 word of the year: youthquake.
Oxford lexicographers say there was a fivefold increase in use of the term between 2016 and 2017.
It is defined as “a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people.”
The word, coined almost 50 years ago by then-Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, has been used to describe phenomena inc