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5171.
Which of the following word is declared as 2017's Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionary?
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Explanation:
Oxford Dictionaries has declared "Youthquake" as 2017's Word of the Year, reflecting what it calls a political awakening among millennial voters. It was first coined in the 1960s by Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, who used it to describe sudden changes in fashion, music and attitudes. The Oxford English Dictionary defines youthquake as the "series of radical political and cultural upheavals occurring among students and young people in the 1960s".
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