单词 | tweenager |
释义 | tweenagern. colloquial (chiefly North American). A child who is nearly, or has only just become, a teenager. Cf. tween n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent farrowa700 puberc1350 adolescent?1440 teen1818 teener1894 post-pubescent1904 teenager1913 tweenie1919 teeny1940 tweenager1949 jean-ager1959 skin1969 1949 M. M. Crunden (title) Disc adventures for tiny, 'tween and 'teen agers; a basic record list for the Children's Record Loan Library housed in the Glen Ridge Free Public Library, Glen Ridge, New Jersey. 1952 A. A. Macfarlan (title) New games for 'tween-agers. 1959 C. Levitan Tweenager (song) I'm just a tweenager... Oh, I can't have a late date! Gotta get my teeth straight! 1962 Times 20 Dec. 11/3 The latter, designed for what are sometimes called ‘tween-agers’. 1988 USA Weekend 27 May 4/1 No, not teen-ager. Tween-ager. She's that 9-year-old suddenly dressing to the nines. He's that 10-year-old buying Benetton instead of baseball cards. They hang out at the local tween mecca—the shopping mall. 1997 Daily Tel. 14 July 13/3 Flitting between sections..involves clicking the mouse on cellphone buttons—perfect for ‘tweenagers’ who spend lots of time on the telephone. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949 |
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