threenager

«threenager» in Mova's school dictionary: a three-year-old child who behaves like a moody, rude… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a threenager, threenagers; informal blend of «three» and «teenager»)

meaning for a pupil

(humorous) a three-year-old child who behaves like a moody, rude teenager: arguing, sulking, slamming doors. tree →

sense in the lessons

A new, jokey word used by parents on social media, in parenting columns and family chat, in all English-speaking countries. It makes difficult toddler behaviour sound funny and normal, the stage after «the terrible twos».

examples

• (parent) My threenager just told me I'm "so annoying". tree →
• (chat) living with a threenager is harder than the terrible twos tree →
• (column) Tips for surviving your threenager. tree →
• (gossip) Her threenager refused to wear shoes all week. tree →
• (joke) The threenager rolled his eyes and stomped off to his room. tree →
• (nursery) We have a room full of threenagers today! tree →

note

Trap: a threenager is three years old, not thirteen. Informal blend word; not in exams. Plural: threenagers.

In the corpora

• "Threenager" means a defiant three-year-old acting like a moody teenager (jokey).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «threenager» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.