• Teener

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈtiːnÉ™/

    Origin

    From teen + -er.

    Full definition of teener

    Noun

    teener

    (plural teeners)
    1. A teenager.
      • 1952, American Psychological Association, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association (1952), p. 159," adult periods and emphasizes the importance of the total teener in a social milieu."
      • a1968, Upton Sinclair, When I Was a Teener.
      • 1975, Fely J. Cruz, I Married a Newspaperman: A Collection of Articles, Verses and Short Stories, T. F. Valencia (1975), p. 1923,"To a Teener Celebrating Her Last Teen Year"
      • 2000, George Harmon Smith, Education is Broken, But I Will Help You Fix It!: Hundreds of Tips to Help Your Child Through the Maze, Xlibris Corporation (2000), p. 42,"Also, warn your teener that in this age of undisciplined classrooms, they are unlikely to have a teacher who demands that the class obey—(the major reason why European and Japanese school children score so much higher on ANY test than American kids)."
    2. (US, slang) A sixteenth of an ounce of a drug.
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