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Noun
grown-up point (plural grown-up points)
- A notional point awarded (to younger persons) for instances of individual behaviour that characterizes life as an adult.
2008 December 23, Andreas Arvman, “Collecting grown-up points is about responsibility”, in The Honolulu Advertiser:Collecting grown-up points is about responsibility. […] Buying a potted plant: 1 grown-up point. Keeping it alive for a year: 10 points.
2015 June 25, Eleanor Jones, “25 purchases that prove you've become a grown up”, in Cosmopolitan:Bonus grown up points if you consider yourself 'addicted'.
2016 May 9, Emily Yoshida, “The Game of Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 3, Oathbreaker”, in The Verge:I was so looking forward to awarding some Grown Up points to Tommen Baratheon this week, who is clearly smarting over his inability to do much of anything.
2017 February 27, Kate Shellnutt, “The case for going to bed at 2:30 am”, in Vox:For bonus grown-up points, you complain that you can’t make it to midnight, even on New Year’s Eve.
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