alternateen
See also: alterna-teen
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]US circa 1990, blend of alternative + teen, around popularization of alternative rock in early 1990s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alternateen (plural alternateens)
- A teenager with an interest in alternative rock and the associated youth counterculture, particularly with visible markers such as piercings.
- 2003, Jim DeRogatis, Milk It: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the ’90s,, Da Capo Press, page 83:
- Even if you’re a cynical, pierced, and multiply-tattooed alterna-teen, you won’t have a dry eye after this one.
- 2011, Tracy Nectoux, Out Behind the Desk, page 122:
- By the time high school rolled around, I had become a sullen alternateen who wore a lot of black and was perpetually growing her bangs out.