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tensomething

tensomething noun: a person whose age is between 10 and 19 (inclusive).

Noun

tensomething (plural tensomethings)

  1. A person whose age is between 10 and 19 (inclusive).
    • Marshall Herskovitz, having a crack at working with tensomethings.1991 October, Premiere
    • Some of the media—a rubbery term that included Dan Rather as well as CBS electricians, the New York Times, and the tensomethings of the Children’s Express—were circling the Garden last week for the same reason that Ailes was on hand.1992 July 27, New York, volume 25, number 29, page 11

Numeral

tensomething

  1. Any whole number between 10 and 19, inclusive.
    • > 1) is everybody reading uk.misc twentysomething? / Well, I'm tensomething (nineteen :-)1993 March 17, ees...@dct.ac.uk, “Newsgroups: uk.misc”, in uk.misc (Usenet)
    • Similarly, most true geeks rarely watch television and very rarely watch movies (the last movie I saw in a theater was The Empire Strikes Back way back when I was tensomething).1993 May 11, CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR, “Ridiculous Theory #1”, in alt.geek (Usenet)

Adjective

tensomething (not comparable)

  1. Aged between 10 and 19, inclusive.
    • […] Jones’ tensomething son is all sweetness and light, emotionally supporting his mother as she goes through the difficult first few days of a new job.1991 July 15, Blue [pseudonym], “Miss Jones”, in Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, volume 17 (1991–1992), New York, N.Y.; London: Garland Publishing, Inc., published 1994, →ISBN, column 4
    • Time magazine paid tribute by noting that the show was “catching on with the tensomething crowd[…]1992, Newsmakers, page 389

Examples of tensomething in a sentence

  • If you’re looking to cash in on a market that’s hot, look to the tensomethings.1993, Entrepreneur, page 152:
  • Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue.1996, Television Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, volume XXVIII, number 3, page 4:
  • Otherwise, we’ll see today’s tensomethings wistfully hefting cold ones in tomorrow’s virtual reality, trying to remember the names of the babes from Baywatch: Snoopy?1997, Ian Shoales, Not Wet et : (I Gotta Go V. 2.00): An Anthology of Commentary (1982-1996), 2.13.61, →ISBN, page 98:
  • Is Verhoeven juvenile enough for today’s tensomethings?2007, Murray Pomerance, John Sakeris, editors, Popping Culture, 4th edition, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 166:

Forms of tensomething

pluraltensomethings
alternative formten-something

Origin of tensomething

From ten + -something.

Questions about tensomething

What does tensomething mean?
Tensomething means a person whose age is between 10 and 19 (inclusive).
How do you use tensomething in a sentence?
If you’re looking to cash in on a market that’s hot, look to the tensomethings.
What part of speech is tensomething?
Tensomething can be a noun, a numeral or an adjective.
What is the plural of tensomething?
The plural of tensomething is tensomethings.

Words near tensomething in the dictionary

  1. tensive
  2. tensome
  3. tensomes
  4. tensometer
  5. tensometers
  6. tensomething
  7. tensomethings
  8. tenson
  9. tensons
  10. tensor
  11. tensor fasciae latae

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