Where, when and who did the word "teenager" come from?
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Think about it.
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teenage Look up teenage at Dictionary.com 1921, formed from -teen as a separate word + age; derived noun teenager is from 1941 (the earlier word for this was teener, attested in Anmer.Eng. from 1894). Teen-aged (adj.) is from 1952; shortened form teen is from 1951 (though this had been used as a noun to mean "teen-aged person" in 1818). Teeny-bopper is recorded from 1966, from teen but also felt as infl. by teeny. For second element, see bop. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Teenager&searchmode=none
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Well.... Back in the olden days it was customary, in mexico, for a child to recieve a necklace when they turned 13 years old. Now many of the people were poor and could not afford to give their children gold or silver necklaces, so they got ones made of tin. The real word is pronounced 'tin-agers' but due to the accent is now pronounced 'teenagers'! "you mean there is a keeler runing around in the yungle out there?!"
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