Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A child between middle childhood and adolescence, usually between 8 and 12 years old.
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- noun nonce word A number in the twenties, or from 23 to 32.
- noun A person who is neither a young child nor an
adolescent , one of an age in the range of 8 to 12 years old or a similar range. - noun A person who is in his or her twenties.
- verb cinematography To generate intermediate
frames in ananimated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I knew what the term tween was, but when people say that, what are they really getting at?
humor « WordPress.com Tag Feed bizemom 2010
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And if you use the word 'tween,' I'm going to puke.
NYT > Home Page By ERIC WILSON 2011
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They as "one" are now what I call tween ... or time's now new center of wisdom's two emotional intelligences.
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They as "one" are now what I call tween ... or time's now new center of wisdom's two emotional intelligences.
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Her books are nothing but contrived morality tales, instilling in tween girls the ideas that their “one true love” will have a treacherous relationship with them, and if they give in to “temptation” Bella will die.
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Its a touchy subject because you can't group every tween as not responsable and you cant say that every tween is responsable.
Should Tweens Hunt Alone? Dave Hurteau 2008
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However, over the past 250 years or so, prescriptive grammarians have privileged the etymology of the word tween - 'two', though often failing to live up to their own prescriptions.
On between each DC 2009
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FYI the word tween makes me sick, which perhaps someday I'll explain why.
Archive 2009-02-01 Josh Bycer 2009
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I think I'd hardly get off with a whole skin 'tween the one and t'other.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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(link) Ugh, from a retail perspective the word "tween" is used to classify sometimes grossly misguided attempts to market to that age group.
slayground: Books for the Ages: or, Why I Don't Use the Term MG Little Willow 2007
tbtabby commented on the word tween
Ryan North hates this word.
March 5, 2009
Logophile77 commented on the word tween
Contranym.
January 22, 2018