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teen-nap en · VERB

Etymology

From teen + -nap.

Meanings

1. (humorous, rare, transitive) To kidnap or abduct (a teenager).
   • Dear Diary, Worst! Week! Ever!! First we found the teen-napping vampire twins, but no teens. Then some bats pooped on one of my favorite shirts. And then worst of all, it turns out the leader of my best friend's coven is a demon intent on destroying the whole city! 2019, Carolyn Novak, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Cursed Coven, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, page 127:
   • I’m surprised. I thought he was probably called something odd like Ivor Pile, had been horribly bullied at school, and that’s why he’s turned into a teen-napping psycho. But I was wrong. 2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Hodder Children's, page 210:
   • "[…]And every brotherly instinct in my body is telling me that Lily hasn't been teen-napped. I think she went for a wander. I don't know if she wants to be found, but I also think it will mean something to her to know we were trying to find her. So let's carry on." 2016, Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily, page 77:

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