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teenageritis

teenageritis

9.9
A common habit of being lazy or moody among young people
  • noun
  • /ˌtiːneɪdʒəˈraɪtɪs/
  • Informal
translation icon : adolescencia
  • Whenever he sleeps past noon on weekends, his parents call it a case of teenageritis.

Examples

  • The teacher joked that half his class was suffering from teenageritis during exams.

  • Her refusal to clean her room is just another teenageritis moment.

  • My son is suffering from teenageritis these days.

  • Don't let your daughter's teenageritis get the best of you.

  • Her refusal to clean her room is just another teenageritis moment.

  • The teacher joked that half his class was suffering from teenageritis during exams.

  • Whenever he sleeps past noon on weekends, his parents call it a case of teenageritis.

Antonyms

responsibility
∞ 2.7

A duty to do something and answer for what you do

maturity
101 3.3

A state of being fully grown in body, mind, or feelings

Surface Forms

teenageritis singular
teenageritises plural

Morphology

teenageritis = teenager (transparent) = teenager + itis

A humorous medical-style formation: '-itis' here metaphorically marks a 'condition' related to 'teenager', so learners familiar with 'teenager' and '-itis' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word teenageritis mixes teenager and the medical ending -itis, which means 'sickness' and appears in illness names like arthritis. It is a joking way to call teenage laziness or moodiness a kind of 'sickness', so the origin explains why the word means the typical, often annoying behavior of teenagers.