teenageritis

English

Etymology

From teenager +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

teenageritis (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, humorous) immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers
   • 1997, Allen J. Hubin, The Armchair Detective, volume 30, page 108:

     Sonora Blair is a single mom: a widow who might have been a divorcee if her husband had lived a bit longer. She has a clingy but resilient young daughter and an older son with a bad case of teenageritis.

   • 2004, Lori J. Glad, Northern Lights Magic, page 236:

     "It happens to all of them, that streak of teenageritis." She sighed. "I was only hoping that Kathie would have moved out of the sassy stage before Karyn went into it."

   • 2013, Gayle Forman, Just One Day:

     Dad says ever since I came back from Europe, I have come down with a case of delayed teenageritis. I never acted like this before, but now I apparently have a bad attitude and a bad haircut and an irresponsibility streak […]