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teenybopper

American  
[tee-nee-bop-er] / ˈti niˌbɒp ər /

noun

Slang.
  1. a teenage girl, especially a young one.

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


teenybopper British  
/ ˈtiːnɪˌbɒpə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of teenybopper

First recorded in 1960–65; teen 1 + -y 2 + bopper

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You can also choose a convertible called “SUV4EVA” and have a teenybopper pop star take you to your destination and verbally offer you an autograph when you get there.

From The Verge Apr. 15, 2022

The scripts were “very sophisticated and brilliant, and we were on this new network that was teenybopper shows,” said Jamie Babbit, who directed 18 “Gilmore Girls” episodes.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2020

In Mr Fields’s version, it was 1973 and he was the editor of 16 magazine—“a teenybopper fan mag”—and he was desperate to get Elton John in its pages.

From Economist Jul. 20, 2018

“Sgt. Pepper’s,” you see, is the album that marked the shift in rock music away from the grubby fingers of the teenybopper crowd and into the hushed halls of Great Art.

From Salon May 29, 2017

It smells like Rae’s teenybopper perfume, and the blurred vision from my instantly wet eyes catches me off guard.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

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