"teenybopper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtiniˌbɑpɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtiːniˌbɒpə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-teenybopper.ogg [Australia] Forms: teenyboppers [plural]
Etymology: Coined in the 1950s from teeny (“teenage”) + bopper (“one who dances to the form of improvisational jazz popular at the time”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|teen|bopper|alt1=teeny|t1=teenage|t2=one who dances to the form of improvisational jazz popular at the time}} teeny (“teenage”) + bopper (“one who dances to the form of improvisational jazz popular at the time”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} teenybopper (plural teenyboppers)
  1. A child, especially a girl in her preteens and early teens, who follows popular clothing fashions, music trends, etc. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: teeny-bopper Derived forms: teenybopping, teenybopperish, tweenybopper Translations (person): teenybopper [masculine] (Dutch), pissis (Finnish), petit minet [masculine] (French), petite minette [feminine] (French), fjortis [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), błaźnica [dated, derogatory, feminine, regional] (Polish), podfruwajka [feminine] (Polish), fjortis [common-gender] (Swedish)

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