pester powern.

Brit.

/ˈpɛstə ˌpaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈpɛstər ˌpaʊ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pester v.¹, power n.¹

Etymology: < pester v.¹ + power n.¹

The ability or power of children to pressurize parents into buying them things, esp. items advertised on television.

ΚΠ

1979 Washington Post 28 Feb. d9/4 ‘They (the children) use all the pester power they can muster’ to talk their parents into purchases, a narrator warned.

1992 Independent 27 Apr. 3/2 Children, especially the under-eights, might get parents to buy them things by employing ‘pester power’ to force them into a state of submission.

1996 Outlook (New Delhi) 28 Aug. 54/1 Ask those advertisers who now use children to sell almost every product under the sun... They have concrete proof of pester power.

2001 Publican Newspaper 4 June 26/1 Licensees cannot underestimate what we call children's ‘pester power’... Around 50 per cent of children have control over the choice of a soft drink.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pester power
释义	pester powern. Brit. /ˈpɛstə ˌpaʊə/, U.S. /ˈpɛstər ˌpaʊ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pester v.¹, power n.¹ Etymology: < pester v.¹ + power n.¹ The ability or power of children to pressurize parents into buying them things, esp. items advertised on television. ΚΠ 1979 Washington Post 28 Feb. d9/4 ‘They (the children) use all the pester power they can muster’ to talk their parents into purchases, a narrator warned. 1992 Independent 27 Apr. 3/2 Children, especially the under-eights, might get parents to buy them things by employing ‘pester power’ to force them into a state of submission. 1996 Outlook (New Delhi) 28 Aug. 54/1 Ask those advertisers who now use children to sell almost every product under the sun... They have concrete proof of pester power. 2001 Publican Newspaper 4 June 26/1 Licensees cannot underestimate what we call children's ‘pester power’... Around 50 per cent of children have control over the choice of a soft drink. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1979
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