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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

Other Word Forms

  • teenybop adjective

Etymology

Origin of teenybopper

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

Example Sentences

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"And that's serious. People tend to put Wham! down as a teenybopper band that won't last. The people that put them down are the bands that won't last. I'm experienced enough to know."

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023

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

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

And that could be the quality that will attract older people who wrote off “Stitches” as lightweight teenybopper fare.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2016

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