prepubescent

• “A few examples: I was pretty stoked when Ugly Betty‘s Henry and Betty separated — a zit-plagued prepubescent is less awkward than that relationship — and didn’t really bat an eyelash when Jack and Kate ended their relationship on Lost.”

  Which TV break-ups have you championed? | EW.com

• “These operations were done in prepubescent children before bones and muscles had a chance to finally develop.”

  Warm Springs (copy)

• “Actually, it was when you used the word prepubescent that I started getting upset.”

  Very unexpected side effects of oral sedation

• “Green has concluded that an inclination toward gender-atypical play in prepubescent boys — for example, dressing in women's clothes, playing with dolls, or taking the role of the mother when playing house — indicates a homosexual orientation 75 percent of the time.”

  Homosexuality and Biology

• “I couldn’t make out most of what he was saying, but I thought I caught the word prepubescent.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Ex Games

• “This finding is likely to prove controversial, in part because the report employs a definition of "prepubescent" children as those ages 10 and under.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “As any parent can tell you, a child may no longer be "prepubescent" at 12 or 13, but he or she is still completely a child.”

  GetReligion

• “As we gaze upon photos of Thylane Loubry Blondeau, the prepubescent sex pot and new darling of the fashion world, it seems positively quaint that we were so worked up years ago when nothing came between a teenage Brooke Shields and her Calvins.”

  The Huffington Post: Susan Linn: Commercialized Sexualization and the Option to Opt Out

• “Of course, an army of prepubescent Donald Trumps is not necessarily the optimal outcome.”

  Forbes: Sixteen Grade School Entrepreneurs

• “Throughout music history, there have been many duos who have broken out larger than your next door neighbor's prepubescent kid.”

  The Huffington Post: Jon Chattman: A-Sides With Jon Chattman: The Kickdrums and The Last Royals' Push Play

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