tweenager

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tweenager

/ˈtwiːnˌeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

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Blend of 'tween + teenager. Attested as early as the 1950s, but popularized in the late 20th or early 21st century.

noun tweenagers · 'tweenager

A young person who is not yet a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one: generally ten to twelve years old. Your eight to twelve year old is in the gray area between early childhood and the teen years. He is a child in the middle—a “tweenager.”
Similar: preteen

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@misc{tweenager_2026,
  title = {tweenager},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tweenager},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}