kidult
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of kidult
Example Sentences
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The kidult sector is booming, encompassing everyone from the so-called “Disney adult” to those who carry a Labubu doll as a fashion accessory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Gareth Edwards, a self-confessed kidult in his late 50s, was exhibiting his board and card games at the show.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
The truth is that the books ushered in the dumb kidult era we’re currently having to endure, with illiteracy rates significantly on the rise for the first time in a century!
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2018
Merriam isn’t going that far, but it is posting reader submissions on its Open Dictionary page—planking, kidult, conflict mineral—and adding some of them to the New Words queue.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2015
In recent decades, as the kidult, media-saturated generations raised since the '70s have grown in consumption power and produced their own offspring, the polarity of animated films has gradually but decisively shifted.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2011
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