Meanings
nounteenybopper (plural teenyboppers)
plural teenyboppers · alternative teenie bopper · alternative teenie-bopper · alternative teeniebopper · alternative teeny bopper · alternative teeny-bopper
Origin
Coined in the 1950s from teeny (“teenage”) + bopper (“one who dances to the form of improvisational jazz popular at the time”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch teenybopper
- teenybopperperson
Finnish pissis
- pissisperson
French petit minet, petite minette
- petit minetperson
- petite minetteperson
Norwegian Bokmål fjortis
- fjortisperson
Polish błaźnica, podfruwajka
- błaźnicaperson
- podfruwajkaperson
Swedish fjortis
- fjortisperson
Cite this entry
APA
teenybopper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenybopper
MLA
“teenybopper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenybopper. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teenybopper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenybopper.
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