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teeny-boppery en · ADJ

Etymology

teeny-bopper + -y.

Meanings

1. (dated) Of a young trend-follower.
   • If they want something specific—like something really happy and teeny-boppery—they usually tell you what to do or give you an idea, but sometimes they're just like, 'Okay—go' 1998, Rubinstein, Donna, 1963-; Bloom, Jennifer Kingson, “What's It Like To be A Model?”, in The modeling life : the one (and only) book that gives you the inside story of what the business is like and how you can make it, page 36:
   • [...] you knew your pictures would get winged off to teeny-boppery magazines like 16, and it was pretty embarrassing [...] 2000, Paul McCartney, “Start of Sgt. Pepper”, in The Beatles Anthology, page 236:
   • Maybe some older people don’t want to come and see us because it’s teeny-boppery, but I think our music, especially now, appeals to older people. 1996, Jennifer Elliott, “Growing up with the guys from Sloan”, in Niagara News 1996-10-11: Vol 27, No 2, page 12:

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