screenagern.
/ˈskriːnˌeɪdʒə/, U.S. /ˈskrinˌeɪdʒər/ colloquial.
A young person who spends a lot of time watching television or using a computer, smartphone, etc.; a young person, typically in his or her teens or twenties, who is familiar with and adept at using digital technology, esp. computers and the internet.
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screenager1959
1959 Times of India 2 July 7 (title of comic strip) Screenager.
1994 San 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’.
1996 New Scientist 20 July 44/3 Douglas Rushkoff argues..that..these ‘screenagers’ are flexible and adaptable, capable of processing information with unprecedented speed.
1998 Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 Dec. 44 Very few scientific studies have investigated the effects of excessive computer and video game use on children's health, but..there is a growing awareness that a new generation of ‘screenagers’ is risking potential damage.
2009 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 June 26 Facebook and powerpoint have been left to the Boomers by screenagers who Twitter, iChat, share video and Skype.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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