English

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Etymology

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Blend of tween +‎ teenybopper

Noun

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tweenybopper (plural tweenyboppers)

  1. (informal) The tween equivalent of a teenybopper; a pre-teen with teenybopper interests.
    • 2003, Caroline Sullivan, Wanna be in our gang? (in The Guardian newspaper)
      Everyone likes Sugababes. Even those who are convinced that all tweenybopper bands were grown in test tubes in Dr Evil's pop dungeon have time for the Liverpool/London trio.
    • 2008, Sara Nelson, From scrawny schoolboy to beefcake: Teen star Zac Efron bulks up (in The Daily Mail newspaper)
      The High School Musical honey was spotted looking more beefcake than tweenybopper as he exited a gym at the Toluca Lake Tennis Club in LA.