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Teenybopper

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1966, OED Evaluation: Colloquial

A girl in her teens or younger, esp. one who is a fan of pop music and follows the latest fashions.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker 1: Because they have issues with everything. And they can't live by the rules, or guidelines that we have lived by. And they think that they're better than us. Speaker 2: They're the Palazzo age that go to Siblings to buy their clothes. Speaker 1: The age where the teeny-boppers go to Silver City or Colossus and they're twelve-years- old, and they come dressed up like these shooters, who look like they're going clubbing and their parents drop them off. And they say, "Bye Mom. Be back in an hour. Yo what's-up?"
Young, teen girl who follows teen trends, fashion etc
ExampleMeaning
Speaker 1: No, you kind-of did cause trouble in grade eight. Speaker 2: Well yeah, but that- Speaker 1: That was during your teenybopper stage. Speaker 2: Hey, don't- don't use my term against me. I was just trying to fit in with a bad crowd.
Young, teen girl who follows teen trends, fashion etc
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: I know, I 'll look young. Yeah. Mm but yeah, that bugs me. These little teenyboppers. Interviewer: Were you once a teenybopper? Speaker: No, I was never a teenybopper. Interviewer: I was never! Speaker: I was never. What? Interviewer: Party! Speaker: No, I was never a teenybopper no. Interviewer: So you said you were a party-animal.
Young, teen girl who follows teen trends, fashion etc
Yes these like little teenybopper thirteen year olds. They like ah they like dress like they 're like sexteen. They dress like they 're like sixteen and they wear these little tops and they go to Yorkdale and they try to pick up older guys and it 's like "Nooo. No Nobody." Yeah, that really bugs me. That bugs me a lot. And they like they pretend they like they 're all that but they 're not. News flash.
Young, teen girl who follows teen trends, fashion etc
ExampleMeaning
It was- oh no it was just a social phenomena at the time. And we 'd hike up our skirts we 'd roll them up. Now I- I just have visions of all these you-know teenyboppers with lumps around their middle from their skirts rolled- but it didn 't feel like it then.
Young, teen girl who follows teen trends, fashion etc
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: We need more. There's no ladies clothing store here hardly. There's teeny-boppers stores, jeans and-stuff. Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: There's no kids clothing. Where am I going to buy my kid something, Giant-Tiger?
Young, teen girl who follows teen trends, fashion etc