"Youthquake", "antifa" and "broflake" might have yet to make it into daily vocabulary.
“青年冲击”、“反法西斯行动”(极左翼组织)和“玻璃心男”也许尚未成为日常词汇。
But according to the
Oxford1 Dictionaries, they are the words which will define the year 2017.
It has announced "youthquake", referring to the rallying of young people by Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party during the 2017 General Election, as its word of the year.
The word saw a 400 percent increase in usage between 2016 and 2017, and "highlights the increased
awareness2 of young people’s capacity to influence, and even drive, political change," it said.
Many of the words chosen for the list refer to political
turbulence3 and social change.
"Antifa", meaning groups united by
militant4 opposition5 to fascism made the list, as did "broflake", a man upset by progressive attitudes which conflict with his more conservative views.
Another, "Milkshake Duck", is something which "
initially6 inspires delight on social media but is soon revealed to have a distasteful or repugnant past".
"Kompromat", a Russian word originally based on the English phrase "compromising material", means material used to
blackmail7 or manipulate someone for political purposes.
Others were more light-hearted. "Gorpcore", meaning the trend for wearing
functional8, outdoorsy clothing, also made the list, alongside "
unicorn9", referring to the trend for
dousing10 anything from lattes to bagels in rainbow colours and glitter.