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单词 adultescent
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Definition of adultescent in English:

adultescent

noun adʌlˈtɛs(ə)ntˌad(ə)lˈtesənt
informal
  • A middle-aged person whose clothes, interests, and activities are typically associated with youth culture.

    〈非正式〉中青年(指衣着、兴趣和活动通常与年轻人的生活习俗一致的中年人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For a bunch of adultescents pushing 40, you can't get much sexier than that.
    • But while much attention has been paid to live-at-home ‘adultescents,’ little has been said about their parents, many of whom are Baby Boomers who greet their boomerang kids with open arms.
    • Apart from the fact that today's ‘adultescent’ fifty-somethings would never buy anything called slacks?
    • Still young enough to think we're hip (especially in this age of the adultescent) but old enough to have a reasonable disposable income.
    • A new name has even been coined for people who don't act their age: adultescents.

Origin

1990s: blend of adult and adolescent.

Definition of adultescent in US English:

adultescent

nounˌad(ə)lˈtesənt
informal
  • A middle-aged person whose clothes, interests, and activities are typically associated with youth culture.

    〈非正式〉中青年(指衣着、兴趣和活动通常与年轻人的生活习俗一致的中年人)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Apart from the fact that today's ‘adultescent’ fifty-somethings would never buy anything called slacks?
    • Still young enough to think we're hip (especially in this age of the adultescent) but old enough to have a reasonable disposable income.
    • But while much attention has been paid to live-at-home ‘adultescents,’ little has been said about their parents, many of whom are Baby Boomers who greet their boomerang kids with open arms.
    • A new name has even been coined for people who don't act their age: adultescents.
    • For a bunch of adultescents pushing 40, you can't get much sexier than that.

Origin

1990s: blend of adult and adolescent.

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