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# threenager

«threenager» in Mova's school dictionary: **a three-year-old child who behaves like a moody, rude…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a threenager, threenagers; informal blend of «three» and «teenager»)

### meaning for a pupil

(humorous) a three-year-old child who behaves like a moody, rude teenager: arguing, sulking, slamming doors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A new, jokey word used by parents on social media, in parenting columns and family chat, in all English-speaking countries. It makes difficult toddler behaviour sound funny and normal, the stage after «the terrible twos».

### examples

- (parent) My threenager just told me I'm "so annoying". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/#x1)
- (chat) living with a threenager is harder than the terrible twos [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/#x2)
- (column) Tips for surviving your threenager. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/#x3)
- (gossip) Her threenager refused to wear shoes all week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/#x4)
- (joke) The threenager rolled his eyes and stomped off to his room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/#x5)
- (nursery) We have a room full of threenagers today! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/#x6)

### note

Trap: a threenager is three years old, not thirteen. Informal blend word; not in exams. Plural: threenagers.

### In the corpora

- ["Threenager" means a defiant three-year-old acting like a moody teenager (jokey).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «threenager» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threenager/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.