teenybopper

[ tee-nee-bop-er ]

/ ˈti niˌbɒp ər /

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noun Slang.

a teenage girl, especially a young one.

a young teenage girl who is devoted to teenage fads, rock music, etc.

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Origin of teenybopper

First recorded in 1960–65; teen¹ + -y² + bopper

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How to use teenybopper in a sentence

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959.
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But building 20-foot sculptures out of teeny-tiny Lego bricks can be as tedious as it sounds.
The Michelangelo of Lego Who Quit Law to Play With Toys|Kevin Fallon|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This time, the teeny bopper is Alison Gold, who is forced to sing “Chinese Food.”
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Because of the nature of the app—and the teeny, twangy language it employs—Lulu unsurprisingly targets girls on college campuses.
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And with that, a tray of teeny-tiny chocolate-covered ice-cream cones went round the room.
An Affair to Remember: Diane von Furstenberg Toasts Worldly Women|Abigail Pesta|June 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
My father is Irish, and if you want to see him get up and strut give him a teeny opening to enlarge on his race.
Freckles|Gene Stratton-Porter
See that big one away up in that perch holding a little teeny, tiny one in its arms just as a woman holds a baby!
Billy Whiskers' Adventures|Frances Trego Montgomery
She set a teeny vase in the middle of the table, with two violets in it, and she put dolly table napkins at each place.
The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories|Various
They went to live in a weeny-teeny little yellow house in Bolingbroke.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery
Out of a little, teeny-weeny remnant of truth, shed build a magnificent divorce case.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham

British Dictionary definitions for teenybopper

teenybopper

/ (ˈtiːnɪˌbɒpə) /

noun

slang a young teenager, usually a girl, who avidly follows fashions in clothes and pop music

Derived forms of teenybopper

teenybop, adjective

Word Origin for teenybopper

C20: teeny, from teenage + -bopper see bop 1

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