noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A child, especially a girl in her preteens and early teens, who follows popular clothing fashions, music trends, etc.

Synonyms

All synonyms

adolescentanal characterbabbittbabebabybourgeois

Etymology

Coined in the 1950s from teeny (“teenage”) + bopper (“one who dances to the form of improvisational jazz popular at the time”).

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