kidult
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of kidult
Example Sentences
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The kidult market - which is toys and games for those aged over 12 - has been growing, particularly as adults buy toys for themselves.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
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
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
The pods, which are left to you for the week save a midweek tidy, are packed with all manner of kidult toys from Xbox and Wii to Scrabble and films on flat-screen TVs.
From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2010
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