单词 | teenagery |
释义 | teenageryn. The period or state of being a teenager. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty pubertyc1384 adolescence?a1425 adolescency?a1475 in one's teens1596 pubes1637 pubescency1658 pubescence1822 teenhood1845 hog age1848 the awkward age1895 prepubescence1908 prepuberty1922 teenagery1950 teenagedness1952 jean-age1959 1950 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 19 Apr. 4/3 A son afflicted with teen-agery in its most virulent form. 1964 in C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 144 There wasn't teenagery then; youth was school-leaving, job, National Service, and then marriage. 1979 Washington Post 9 Nov. f1/6 But he was pig-headed—steady-minded, if you prefer—even beyond the norm of teenagery. 2007 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constitution (Nexis) 14 July 2 The usual angst of teenagery is represented in ‘Zits.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). teenageryadj. colloquial. Characteristic of a teenager. ΚΠ 1987 Anderson (Indiana) Herald-Bull. 18 Dec. b3/1 ‘What should I get him?’ the woman asked the mother of an 11-year-old boy. ‘Something teenager-y,’ said the mother. 2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty lxxviii. 288 You mean, you and Pete were snogging in the living room while all of us were asleep? That's so teenagery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1950adj.1987 |
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