Teenageritis

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers. colloquial, humorous, uncountable

    "Sonora Blair is a single mom: a widow who might have been a divorcee if her husband had lived a bit longer. She has a clingy but resilient young daughter and an older son with a bad case of teenageritis."

Example

More examples

"Sonora Blair is a single mom: a widow who might have been a divorcee if her husband had lived a bit longer. She has a clingy but resilient young daughter and an older son with a bad case of teenageritis."

Etymology

From teenager + -itis.

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