Meaning of teenageritis | Babel Free

Definitions

Immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers.

colloquial, humorous, uncountable

Examples

“Sonora Blair is a single mom: a widow who might have⟳ been a divorcee if her husband had lived a bit longer. She has a clingy but resilient young daughter and an older son with a bad case of teenageritis.”

“"It happens to all of them, that streak of teenageritis." She sighed. "I was only hoping that Kathie would have⟳ moved out of the sassy stage⟳ before Karyn went into it."”

“Dad says ever since I came back from Europe, I have⟳ come⟳ down with a case of delayed teenageritis. I never acted like⟳ this before, but now I apparently have⟳ a bad attitude and a bad haircut and an irresponsibility streak […]”

CEFR level