little emperor
depreciative
noun
(In China) an indulged or spoilt only child; (later also more generally) any spoilt child.
- In China, frequently seen as a consequence of the government's family planning policy (introduced in 1979) of restricting most families to one child only..
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Hutchinson (Kansas) News.
- false oxlip
- false position
- false positive
- false pregnancy
- false pretences
- false rib
- false scorpion
- false start
- false step
- false sunbird
- false teeth
- false topaz
- falsetto
- false vampire
- false widow
- false widow spider
- falsework
- falsies
- falsifiability
- falsifiable
- falsification
- falsifier
- falsify
- falsity
- Falstaffian