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waithood

waithood noun: a period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which activities belonging to the traditional transition into adulthood, such as marriage and buying a home, are put off to allow the securing of employment or money.

Noun

waithood (uncountable)

  1. A period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which activities belonging to the traditional transition into adulthood, such as marriage and buying a home, are put off to allow the securing of employment or money.

Origin of waithood

Coined by Diane Singerman in 2007 as a blend of wait + adulthood, modelled after the earlier term wait unemployment; see the citations page.

Questions about waithood

What does waithood mean?
Waithood means a period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which activities belonging to the traditional transition into adulthood, such as marriage and buying a home, are put off to allow the securing of employment or money.
What part of speech is waithood?
Waithood is a noun.

Words near waithood in the dictionary

  1. waites
  2. waitest
  3. waiteth
  4. Waithe
  5. Waithes
  6. waithood
  7. waitin'
  8. waiting
  9. waiting a minute
  10. waiting and seeing
  11. waiting area

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