preteendom

English

Etymology

From preteen +‎ -dom.

Noun

preteendom (uncountable)

  1. Preadolescence.
    Coordinate term: teendom
    • 2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      His music videos were lurid and memorable, set in the familiar worlds of movie dates, photobooths, street parties, basketball courts, clubs – typically adult settings that made preteendom look and feel like an unruly, insular universe of its own.