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teenageritis

teenageritis noun: immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers.

Noun

teenageritis (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers.
    • 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.1997, Allen J. Hubin, The Armchair Detective, volume 30, page 108
    • "It happens to all of them, that streak of teenageritis." She sighed. "I was only hoping that Kathie would have moved out of the sassy stage before Karyn went into it."2004, Lori J. Glad, Northern Lights Magic, page 236

Origin of teenageritis

From teenager + -itis.

Questions about teenageritis

What does teenageritis mean?
Teenageritis means immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers.
What part of speech is teenageritis?
Teenageritis is a noun.

Words near teenageritis in the dictionary

  1. teenagerdom
  2. teenagerese
  3. teenagerhood
  4. teenagerhoods
  5. teenagerish
  6. teenageritis
  7. teenagerly
  8. teenagers
  9. teenagership
  10. teenagery
  11. teenagese

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