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screenager, n. slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈskriːnˌeɪdʒə|, U.S. |ˈskriˌneɪdʒər|
[Blend of screen n.1 and teenager n.]
A young person (typically in his or her teens or twenties) who is at ease with and adept at using new technology and media, esp. computers.
1994San Francisco Examiner 19 June c6 A major national magazine called Blast, which, according to Publisher Doug Millison, will be a ‘lifestyle magazine aimed at ‘screenagers’, teenagers and twentysomethings that have grown up with PCs and video games’. 1996New Scientist 20 July 44/3 Douglas Rushkoff argues..that..these ‘screenagers’ are flexible and adaptable, capable of processing information with unprecedented speed. 2000E. Shane in M. C. Keith Talking Radio xxiii. 187, I have worried that ‘screenagers’ raised on computers and online interactivity would be sheltered from the radio experience. |