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tweener, n. Chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˈtwiːnə|, U.S. |ˈtwinər|
Forms: 19– 'tweener, 19– tweener
[‹ 'tween prep. + -er suffix1. With sense 2 compare slightly earlier tween n.2, and slightly later tweenager n.; compare also earlier in-betweener n. at in-between n. and adj. Derivatives and the following:
1942N.Y. Times 27 Nov. 19 (caption) First party dress... For the in-'tweeners. 1946Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 23 June 17 (advt.) Half sizes for you in 'tweeners. ]
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a. A person or thing regarded as falling between two recognized categories or types.
1948Southeast Economist (Chicago) 18 Mar. 3/7 (advt.) Too warm for a snow suit, too cool for no surf, just right for the Klad-ezee Tweener! 1990Boston Phoenix 27 Apr.–3 May a3/1 The National..[is] an awkward 'tweener. Is it a weekly sports magazine or a compendium of the daily box scores? 1994Vanity Fair Aug. 140/2 Depression Babies, like Bob, are tweeners, a bridge generation. 2004P. Biskind Down & Dirty Pictures x. 323 He began picking films that were tweeners, halfway between indies and the studios.
b. Sport (chiefly Basketball and Amer. Football). A player whose (physical) characteristics do not match those typically required to play in any one particular position.
1978Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 28 Mar. 25/1 Jackie can't shake the label of a 'tweener, a player lost in no-man's land between a small forward and a big guard. 1991Sports Illustr. 14 Jan. 69/2 The callous Darwinism of the NBA has weeded out many a ‘tweener’ of Pierce's size (small for the frontcourt) and speed (slow for the backcourt). 1996H. Owen Answers to Lucky vi. 57 He spent two years in the minor leagues, but he was a 'tweener. He wasn't quick enough for shortstop and couldn't hit well enough to play first base, so he never got past Class A. 2006St. Petersburg Times (Florida) (Nexis) 29 Apr. 6 c, He's an NFL tweener, too small to be effective as a linemen [sic] and inexperienced as a linebacker.
2. = tween n.2
1948Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 3 Sept. 25/6 Tweeners..fall in the natural junior high school division. They have their own afternoon dances and other activities. 1971Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 23 Sept. 22/7 Rock and pizza parties for tweeners and for teens. 2002Time 24 June 68 Stitch sticks his tongue into his nose..to keep the tweeners giggling. |