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teenybopper

teenybopper

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A young teenager, often a girl, who likes pop music and fashion
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːniˌbɑːpər/
  • Slang
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  • The magazine featured an interview with a famous teenybopper who shared her favorite pop songs.

Examples

  • A class-conscious teenybopper would be attracted to the laborer outside the window for a fling or two, but definitely not marriage.

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  • Teenyboppers, mothers, fathers, little kids.

  • I feel like a 1954 teenybopper.

  • This teenybopper Hillary says, "l am single, baby. "

  • And I spot this scrumptious teenybopper.

  • Some teenybopper rag says that they want to play a prom.

  • Texas teenyboppers tomorrow.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • You can either do the duet with me and become a superstar... ...or you can fade away into teenybopper obscurity.

  • It sounds funny to say it, at least in regard to a movie that in reality is a pretty standard teenybopper coming-of-age flick, but I got pretty emotional at the end of the movie.

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  • As a woman who was in an eerily similar relationship for a few years, I'd like to tell the teenyboppers who eat up this drivel that no, it's not romantic and no, it's not fun.

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Surface Forms

teenybopper singular
teenyboppers plural

Morphology

teenybopper = teeny + bopper (semi-transparent) = teeny + bopper

The components 'teeny' and 'bopper' are recognizable, but 'teeny' can suggest 'very small' rather than 'young teenager', and the compound denotes a culture-specific type (young pop fan) rather than a literal small dancer.

Etymology

Teenybopper comes from teeny ('small' or 'young') and bopper (from 'bop', a lively pop song or someone who dances to it), so a teenybopper is a young teenager who loves pop music, fashion, and trends.