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  • noun The condition of being a teenager

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Examples

  • So you have a literary world flooded by writers of all ages whose writing minds are still in teenagerhood: delighting in and flaunting linguistic fads, ignoring the style, simplicity, and elegance of maturity, some elements of which will always be of their era, and others of which are timeless.

    Fad Writing and Morality 2006

  • So you have a literary world flooded by writers of all ages whose writing minds are still in teenagerhood: delighting in and flaunting linguistic fads, ignoring the style, simplicity, and elegance of maturity, some elements of which will always be of their era, and others of which are timeless.

    SeeLight: 2006

  • In grade 7 I was still fairly shy but starting to flower in personality (as we are all wont to do in teenagerhood).

    Personality: You are Who You Pretend to Be « Colleen Anderson 2009

  • My panels were YA as Craft (which was fun, but drifted to a discussion of middle grade and childhood, rather than YA and teenagerhood, and on the former I have little to contribute) and Writing Outside the Central (American) Narrative, which as you can imagine is a subject dear to my heart.

    Where I Been, Doing Stuff. karenhealey 2010

  • Gary My ambition as a child going into teenagerhood was to be rich and famous, to be in a rock band.

    No country for young people: is this generation under strain? 2011

  • A collection of sorts, based around the sixties experience and Vietnam, from early teenagerhood to many years later, following some people intersecting paths over the years.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Hearts In Atlantis - Stephen King Blue Tyson 2008

  • I'm at a completely different place than both of you: my son is autistic moderate, high functioning, but he has entered teenagerhood.

    Autism Thoughts jjschwabach 2010

  • Heathers -- I might have just left teenagerhood when this came out, not sure.

    SeeLight: 2008

  • Heathers -- I might have just left teenagerhood when this came out, not sure.

    Teen Movies 2008

  • I was definitely in college, but it put the cap on my teenagerhood and got me my revenge, too.

    Teen Movies 2008

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