teenagehood en · NOUN
Etymology
From teenage + -hood.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being in one's teenage years (13 to 19).
Near-synonym: adolescence
Teenagehood is a crippling disease. I can tell because none of my children can walk anymore. Bus fares and car fares are eating up what little extra I have earned in royalties from my work.
1990, Lee Maracle, Sojourner's truth & other stories, page 110:
Coordinates
young adulthood · childhood · preteenhood · middle age · seniorhood · adulthood · elderhood
Relateds
Synonyms
teendom · teenhood · adolescence · teenagerhood · teenagerdom · teenagedom