teen-sit

See also: teensit

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

By analogy with babysit.

Verb

teen-sit (third-person singular simple present teen-sits, present participle teen-sitting, simple past and past participle teen-sat)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To watch or tend (someone else’s teenage child) for a period of time, often for money.
    • 1988 September 15, Arra Moon, “Moon-Go-Round”, in Big Bear Life & The Grizzly, Big Bear Lake, Calif., →OCLC, section B, page 3, column 2:
      They actually headquartered in Chatsford where Grace was "teen-sitting" her great-grandchildren … but who, as teens, didn’t REALLY NEED all that baby-sitting …
    • 2000 July 11, Bill Valyo, “Dig into store of memories for tales to report on radio broadcast”, in Press Journal, 81st year, number 303, Vero Beach, Fla.: Treasure Coast Newspapers, →OCLC, page C10, column 3:
      Bill and Fran Denhardt are back from a visit to Delaware. They returned with their granddaughter, Jennifer, to enjoy paradise for a little bit. While Fran works during the day, Bill will be “teen-sitting” Jennifer. Not a big problem, because she is an Internet devotee and also loves to swim.
    • 2004 April 18, Betsy Willeford, “Her preference persists for place and person over plot, procedure”, in The Times, Burlington metro edition, Trenton, N.J., →ISSN, →OCLC, page AA3, column 1:
      As the title “The Babes in the Wood” (Crown, 325 pages, $25) suggests, the inspector’s main concern in this, his 19th appearance, is with two younger people, 13-year-old Sophie Dade and her 15-year-old brother Giles, and Joanna Troy, the woman who was, as Wexford’s associate puts it, “teen-sitting” them while their parents, Roger and Katrina, went away for a weekend.
      The reviewed book uses teen-sitter.
    • 2007 June 21, Bill Foley, “A head-turner on the beach”, in The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa., →OCLC, page E3, column 1:
      My worries about their obedience were valid. Jessica and Kirstie happened to “fall” into the chilly lake at our cottage 20 or so miles from Presque Isle. And Sara and Cory kayaked far beyond the permitted stone jetty. So I wasn’t real keen on teen-sitting them at the campground.
    • 2016 January 31, Dee Dee Murphy, “Where does time go?”, in Times-Georgian, Carrollton, Ga., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A4, column 2:
      Weary of chauffeuring, mom allowed us to drive short distances unlicensed. And she paid a college student to teen-sit and take us place places.
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