tweenhood

English

Etymology

From tween +‎ -hood.

Noun

tweenhood (uncountable)

  1. tweendom
    • 2002, Megayjay738, Zap2It - The Rugrats Are All Grown Up. Group: alt.tv.nickelodeon
      Flashbacks in some episodes will reveal events from the years between toddler- and tweenhood.
    • 2010, Nancy Rue, Moms' Ultimate Guide to the Tween Girl World:
      And just as you taught her the inappropriateness of pitching a fit when she was a preschooler (how many times did you lock yourself in the bathroom during that process?), you can help her work through the stuff of tweenhood too.
    • 2013, Genie Craff, Hold My Hand: Remedy For My Destiny - Page 5
      Lee took the moment to assert his sense of knowing, of his emerging tweenhood, of his 'pretend' authority, and continued to make himself look even more ridiculously mature.
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