Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teenageritis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teenageri-tis
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers.

Colloquial; Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
""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.""
"Dad says ever since I came back from Europe, I have come down with a case of delayed teenageritis. I never acted like this before, but now I apparently have a bad attitude and a bad haircut and an irresponsibility streak […]"

Etymology

From teenager + -itis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: teenager

Usage

Questions

What does teenageritis mean?: Immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers.
Where does teenageritis come from?: From teenager + -itis.

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