teenybopper

See also: teeny-bopper

English

WOTD – 14 August 2012

Alternative forms

• teeny-bopper

Etymology

Coined in the 1950s from teeny (“teenage”) +‎ bopper (“one who dances to the form of improvisational jazz popular at the time”).

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /ˈtiniˌbɑpɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːniˌbɒpə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

teenybopper (plural teenyboppers)

1. A child, especially a girl in her preteens and early teens, who follows popular clothing fashions, music trends, etc.

Derived terms

• teenybopping
• teenybopperish
• tweenybopper

Translations

person

• Dutch: teenybopper m
• Finnish: pissis (fi)
• French: petit minet m, petite minette f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjortis (no) m

• Polish: błaźnica f (dated, derogatory, regional), podfruwajka f
• Swedish: fjortis (sv) c