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teenagey en · ADJ

Etymology

From teenage + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Characteristic of teenagers.
   • My crush wore off soon enough, to be replaced by an equally teenagey devotion to the Hindi film actor, Dilip Kumar. 1995, Yamini Krishnamurti, Renuka N. Khandekar, A passion for dance: my autobiography, page 105:
   • You know how kids listen to radio and all. I never listened to radio, I didn't never get into that rock-and-roll trip. I just listened to blues. It seemed real. The other stuff seemed so tacky, teenagey. It didn't seem to have any truth in it or something. 2011, Studs Terkel, And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey, page 235:
   • […] and I noticed she was sitting on the bluestone wall kicking off her thongs and looking all smiley and girlie, which meant pretty much for certain she was talking to Carl, who makes her act all teenagey sometimes because she's in love. 2008, Marion Roberts, Sunny Side Up, page 18:

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