teener

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English

Etymology

From teen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

teener (plural teeners)

  1. (dated) A teenager.
    • 1952, American Psychological Association, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association (1952), p. 159,
      adult periods and emphasizes the importance of the total teener in a social milieu.
    • a1968, Upton Sinclair, When I Was a Teener.
    • 1975, Fely J. Cruz, I Married a Newspaperman: A Collection of Articles, Verses and Short Stories, T. F. Valencia (1975), p. 1923,
      To a Teener Celebrating Her Last Teen Year
    • 2000, George Harmon Smith, Education is Broken, But I Will Help You Fix It!: Hundreds of Tips to Help Your Child Through the Maze, Xlibris Corporation, page 42:
      Also, warn your teener that in this age of undisciplined classrooms, they are unlikely to have a teacher who demands that the class obey—(the major reason why European and Japanese school children score so much higher on ANY test than American kids).
  2. (US, slang) A sixteenth of an ounce of a drug.

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