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twentysomething en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtwɛn.tiː.ˌsʌm.θɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From twenty + -something.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Aged between twenty and thirty.
   • You may feel as inexperienced as a twentysomething woman just starting out, but it’s not too late to make changes. 1993, Esther M. Berger with Connie Church Hasbun, “Introduction . . . Finances, Femininity, and Fear”, in Money Smart: Secrets Women Need to Know about Money Matters—from Saving to Planning to Investing, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, published October 1994, →ISBN, page 25:
   • Coristine is one of a team of teenage and twentysomething software engineers, apparently conscripted by Musk in his largely unchecked war against bureaucracy. 2025 February 7, Josie Ensor, “Meet Elon Musk’s ‘baby-faced assassins’ leading Doge takeover”, in The Times, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2025:
   • The members of The Dope Show are pretty normal looking twentysomething guys and gals with nothing to prove. 2008 March 27, Deanna Uutela, “Sweet Dope”, in Ted Taylor, editor, Eugene Weekly, volume XXVII, number 13, Eugene, Ore.: What’s Happening Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 4:

Forms

Translations (4)

ka ოცდარაღაცა წლის (aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · es veinteañero (aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · fi kaksikymppinen (aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · fr vingtenaire (aged between twenty and twenty-nine)

twentysomething en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtwɛn.tiː.ˌsʌm.θɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From twenty + -something.

Meanings

1. (informal) A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties.
   • A 2025 phenomenon involving teenagers and masturbatory twentysomethings with limited education and experience given the authority to tell five-star generals, former presidents, cabinet secretaries, academics, and ambassadors how to do their jobs. 2025 March 24, David Gardner, “‘You’ve Been Doged!’ Now Musk’s Goons Have Their Own Word”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2025:
   • This is the twentysomething generation, those 48 million young Americans ages 18 through 29 who fall between the famous baby boomers and the boomlet of children the baby boomers are producing. 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in TIME, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2025:

Forms

Synonyms

vicenarian

Translations (23)

pt vicenária (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · de jemand in den Zwanzigern (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · es veinteañero (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · fr vingtenaire (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · hu huszonéves (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · sh dvadesetogodisnjak (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · eo dudekkelkjarulo (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · pl dwudziestolatek (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · tl dalawampuin (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · hu huszonvalahány éves (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · eo dudekjarulo (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · hu húszas éveiben járó (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · es veinteañera (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · cs dvacátník (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · cs dvacátnice (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · fi kaksikymppinen (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · de Twen (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · de Zwanziger (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · pl dwudziestolatka (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · pl dwudziestokilkulatek (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · pt vicenário (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · nl twintiger (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine) · pl dwudziestokilkulatka (person aged between twenty and twenty-nine)

twentysomething en · NUM

Pronunciation

• /ˈtwɛn.tiː.ˌsʌm.θɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From twenty + -something.

Meanings

1. Between twenty and thirty.

Forms

Synonyms

twentyodd

Translations (3)

ka ოცდარაღაცა (between twenty and twenty-nine) · pl dwadzieścia ileś (between twenty and twenty-nine) · es veintitantos (between twenty and twenty-nine)