teenagey

English

Etymology

teenage +‎ -y

Adjective

teenagey (comparative more teenagey, superlative most teenagey)

1. (informal) Characteristic of teenagers.
   • 1995, Yamini Krishnamurti, Renuka N. Khandekar, A passion for dance: my autobiography, page 105:

     My crush wore off soon enough, to be replaced by an equally teenagey devotion to the Hindi film actor, Dilip Kumar.

   • 2008, Marion Roberts, Sunny Side Up, page 18:

     […] and I noticed she was sitting on the bluestone wall kicking off her thongs and looking all smiley and girlie, which meant pretty much for certain she was talking to Carl, who makes her act all teenagey sometimes because she's in love.

   • 2011, Studs Terkel, And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey, page 235:

     You know how kids listen to radio and all. I never listened to radio, I didn't never get into that rock-and-roll trip. I just listened to blues. It seemed real. The other stuff seemed so tacky, teenagey. It didn't seem to have any truth in it or something.