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/tee"nee bop'euhr/, n. Slang.1. a teenage girl, esp. a young one.2. a young teenage girl who is devoted to teenage fads, rock music, etc.[1960-65; TEEN2 + -Y2 + BOPPER]
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Teenybopper — is a term invented by marketing professionals and psychologists, and it later became also a subculture of its own ref|ken gelder|Ken Gelder] cite book | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=V6g9AAAAIAAJ pg=PA143 dq=teenybopper+subculture client … Wikipedia
teenybopper — [[t]ti͟ːnibɒpə(r)[/t]] teenyboppers also teeny bopper N COUNT A teenybopper is a teenager, usually a girl, who is very interested in pop music. [INFORMAL, OLD FASHIONED] … English dictionary
teenybopper — [“tinibapa* ] n. a young teenager, usually a girl. □ The teenyboppers moved around the mall in droves, not buying and not causing any trouble, just being available for anyone who wanted to see them. □ Somebody called Mary a, like, teenybopper,… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
teenybopper — noun Etymology: teeny teenager + bopper, perhaps from 4bop Date: 1966 1. a teenage girl 2. a young teenager who is enthusiastically devoted to popular music and to current fads … New Collegiate Dictionary
teenybopper — noun A person, especially a female, in her early teens who follows popular clothing fashions, music trends, and the like … Wiktionary
teenybopper — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, adolescent, anal character, babe, baby, bourgeois, broad, burgher, chick, colleen, compulsive character, conformer, conformist, conventionalist, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel,… … Moby Thesaurus
teenybopper — tee|ny|bop|per [ˈti:niˌbɔpə US ˌba:pər] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: teen + y + bopper (from BOP1)] old fashioned a girl between the ages of about 9 and 14, who is very interested in popular music, teenage fashions etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
teenybopper — teen|y|bop|per [ tini,bapər ] noun count INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED a young teenager, especially a girl, who is enthusiastic about the latest fashions, movies, and music for her age group … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teenybopper — n a lively, fashionable teenager or pre teen ager. The word, originating in the USA sometime in the mid 1960s, began to be used in a condescending or derogatory sense in the 1970s and 1980s. (When used approvingly or neutrally in the 1970s, the… … Contemporary slang
teenybopper — n. teenager who follows the latest trends and fashions (especially a girl) … English contemporary dictionary
