youthquake

noun

单词	youthquake
释义	youthquake noun DEFINITIONS1 1 a significant political or social change caused by the actions of young people Anyway, the so-called youthquake is said to be responsible for Corbyn only losing the election by just under 60 seats, as opposed to the 60,000 predicted when Theresa May had the bright idea of calling a snap election without consulting a single member of her cabinet. Submitted by: Kerry from United Kingdom on 18/12/2017 Open Dictionary - December2017 Featured as a BuzzWord! The word youthquake is of course a blend of youth and earthquake. Although productive manipulation of earthquake is well-attested (e.g. moonquake and seaquake can be used to describe disturbances on the surface of the moon and sea bed respectively) it’s an interesting example of a blend based on a metaphorical, rather than literal, sense of the word. Read more Noun☞youthquake
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