twen

English

Etymology

From German Twen, from English twenty (compare teen).

Noun

twen (plural twens)

1. A twentysomething.
   • 2003, James Woycke, Au Naturel: The History of Nudism in Canada, FCN, →ISBN, page 262:

     Europeans have more success with generational outreach, but they start with younger age groups and provide a greater variety of all-youth activities. Rather than giving up hope, the YCN redirected its focus from teens to twens, particularly  ...

   • 2006, Liz Linden, The Best Surprise is No Surprise:

     This exhibition shows how contemporary art confronts the various life worlds of teens, twens, and postadolescent thirty-somethings whose experience of youth culture often extends into their family lives and careers.

   • 2008, Historical Social Research, volume 33, number 3, page 313:

     […] records could, according to the article, only be explained by the fact that since 1958 the tape recorder has become available to those circles, which are the prime consumers of pop songs, i.e. the teens and twens.

   • 2012, Gert Pickel, Kornelia Sammet, Transformations of Religiosity: Religion and Religiosity in Eastern Europe 1989-2010, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 23:

     Proof can be found in the empirical study “Jugend 2008” by Andreas Feige an[d] Carsten Gennerich. The majority of more than 8000 teens and twens interviewed about their evaluation of concrete life situations gave priority to the satisfaction of a ...

Anagrams

• Went, newt, went

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French train.

Noun

twen

1. train

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtweːn/, [ˈtwɛːn]

Numeral

twēn

1. Alternative form of twēne

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN