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waithood

noun

Etymology

Coined by Diane Singerman in 2007 as a blend of wait + adulthood, modelled after the earlier term wait unemployment; see the citations page.

  1. derived from adultus
  2. borrowed from adulte
  3. suffixed as adulthood — “adult + hood”
  4. compounded as waithood — “wait + adulthood”

Definitions

  1. A period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which…

    A period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which activities belonging to the traditional transition into adulthood, such as marriage and buying a home, are put off to allow the securing of employment or money.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA