teensit

See also: teen-sit

English

Verb

teensit (third-person singular simple present teensits, present participle teensitting, simple past and past participle teensat)

  1. Alternative form of teen-sit.
    • a. 1985, C. Henry Kempe, letter; quoted in Annie Kempe, “The Girls”, in A Good Knight for Children: C. Henry Kempe’s Quest to Protect the Abused Child, [Bangor, Me.]: Booklocker.com, 2007, →ISBN:
      Well, you can try me out and decide if all that learning will see me through your teens and the next four to come; in any case, please be patient with your dear old Dad who sends you the happiest birthday. P.S. A change in terms: “Babysit Jen, Childsit the next three, Teensit you,” okay?
    • 1986 August 3, Nancy, “Situations Wanted”, in Winston-Salem Journal, 90th year, number 126, Winston-Salem, N.C., →OCLC, page G11, column 6:
      HOUSESITTING & TEENSITTING / Mature respond.[sic] adult to care for home,older children, pets.
    • 2002 June 29, “Se7en [Poll]”, in alt.gothic‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 October 2025:
      [2] Cathouse tonight, after Wheatus, supported by Regency Buck. I wonder how many sibling points I'll get for this nightmare scenario of teensitting.
    • 2005, Nancy Kelly, chapter 21, in Ginny Blue’s Boyfriends, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 338:
      His name was Tremaine and he started spending more and more time with his dad, which Brad professed to love, but which left me teensitting him whenever I wasn’t on a job, which was most of the time since Brad really resented my work and its long hours.
    • 2014, Chris Keniston, chapter 6, in Dive into You (Aloha Romance Series; 4), Indie House Publishing, →ISBN:
      Emily waved the kids on and waited until they were halfway across the lot to respond to Doug. “You don’t need to come. I’ll just be doing a little teensitting.” There was no question in his mind. If she were his kid sister, if he still had a sister, he’d want the buddy he had entrusted to take her home to see it through.
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