adulting

American  

[uh-duhlt-ing, ad-uhlt-ing] / əˈdʌlt ɪŋ, ˈæd ʌlt ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of carrying out the everyday tasks associated with adulthood, and of taking on adult responsibilities.

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Other Word Forms

• adulter noun

Example Sentences

Something similar played out a few years back with Geriatric Millennials, born in the early '80s, whose brand of humour—the crying-laughing emoji, finger moustaches and the word "adulting"—was derided as cringey.

From BBC

Hopefully I’ll live a long time, and by the time they have to think about managing my affairs, they’ll know a lot more about adulting.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s strong on the weird population kink known as Gen X, squeezed between the larger boomers and millennials, and the switchback road we traveled to marriage and parenthood: “We all still dressed like teenagers, though, and in the minds of the popular culture were ‘slackers,’ suffering from some form of delayed development, possibly the sad consequences of missing such key adulting experiences as a good war or a stock market crash,” Smith asserts.

From Los Angeles Times

The show was a beloved underdog for most of its run but its frank stories and songs about the sheer exhaustion of adulting resonated with a new fan base who discovered it on streaming services during and after the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times

This should be a teachable moment, the adulting equivalent of an afterschool special.

From MarketWatch