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teenybopper

tee·ny·bop·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tee-nee-bop-er]
    • /ˈti niˌbɒp ər/
    • /tˈiːnɪbəpə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tee-nee-bop-er]
    • /ˈti niˌbɒp ər/

Definitions of teenybopper word

  • noun teenybopper a teenage girl, especially a young one. 1
  • noun teenybopper a young teenage girl who is devoted to teenage fads, rock music, etc. 1
  • countable noun teenybopper A teenybopper is a teenager, usually a girl, who is very interested in pop music. 0
  • noun teenybopper a young teenager, usually a girl, who avidly follows fashions in clothes and pop music 0

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Origin of teenybopper

First appearance:

before 1960
One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65; teen2 + -y2 + bopper

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Parts of speech for Teenybopper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

teenybopper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

teenybopper usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for teenybopper

noun teenybopper

  • adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
  • child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
  • dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
  • innocents — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
  • kiddie — a child.

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