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Jake didn’t think he’d become a writer when he was growing up in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, but fate had another idea. After barely squeaking through grade 9 English, by the luck of the draw Jake found himself with the most inspiring literature instructor his small town had ever known, and grade 10 English changed his life! Suddenly, evenings once spent at the hockey rink were spent curled up on the couch with the best of Hemingway, Dickens, and John Grisham. A valedictorian address and English degree at the University of Regina later, Jake is proud to call Heywise his favorite place to pen informative quizzes about all his passion projects. If you’re reading a post and pick up a hint of classic English literature, you’re probably reading something by Jake - especially if you come away feeling like a slightly better person for it.
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What's a youthquake?
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2017 was “youthquake.” Defined as "a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people,” this noun was judged the word with the most potential to have a lasting cultural significance.
Youthquake didn’t first appear in 2017, but rather its usage jumped dramatically that year. The dictionary folks attributed that to the June election in Britain in which young people engaged in droves and were thought to have caused major ripples in the results. The word was later used in September elections in New Zealand too.
The word was actually first introduced in 1965 in a Diana Vreeland editorial in Vogue US. She described 1965 as the year of the youthquake in writing: ‘The year’s in its youth, the youth in its year. … More dreamers. More doers. Here. Now. Youthquake 1965.’
Other words that made the 2017 shortlist included: newsjacking, broflake, and milkshake duck.
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