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单词 tweenager
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tweenagern.

Brit. /ˈtwiːneɪdʒə/, U.S. /ˈtwiˌneɪdʒər/
Forms: 1900s– tween ager, 1900s– 'tween-ager, 1900s– tweenager.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tween-age n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < tween-age n. + -er suffix1, probably after teenager n. Compare slightly earlier tween n.2 and earlier tweenie n.
colloquial (chiefly North American).
A child who is nearly, or has only just become, a teenager. Cf. tween n.2
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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).
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