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Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944) has an entry for. young one, young'un, youngin, yo'ng-un, youngern, n. A child. with citations to instances of multiple additional spellings as well between 1840 and 1941. Since the spellings in all instances except "young one" are imitative of the way people pronounce the term in spoken ...
Try not to think too hard about why those six are different from all the others - you'll only make yourself old before your time. 2) Yes, "the young ones' music makes me angry and gives me a headache" is correct. –
Putting aside the odious ageist assumption that doing one's best to keep fit amounts to "trying to look younger" (suppose they want to feel good and live longer?), and since you are supposedly "not looking for a derogatory term but possibly a politically correct one," why not simply use the same kinds of language you would use for other age brackets:
4. There is no single word for this concept that is in common use; usually, the terms people use for the types of animal with which humans have the greatest involvement are fairly species-specific, as you have already implied. However, the simple description 'young animal (s)' covers the idea quite well for the young of any animal that isn't ...
Wild oats, "crop that one will regret sowing," is first attested 1560s, in reference to the folly of sowing these instead of good grain. It is less clear when the meaning changed to its current one. That is, currently, to "sow wild oats" normally means (for a man) to have sex with as many women as possible. "Wild oats" here specifically means ...
0. As a general phrase "loved ones" is plural and not singular (usually no one refers to their "loved one"). The ownership is therefore also plural. He completely ignored his loved ones' complaints about his intended bride. You are somewhat mistaken about your assumption regarding the use of "their" in the sentence.
That is, it would be odd to refer to a group of 17-year-olds as "children". It is more common to call them "teenagers" or "young people". But if you were talking about a group of people ranging in age from 6 to 18, you might refer to them collectively as "children". Like, you might say "the children in our school district".
A Young Curmudgeon. The ODO defines curmudgeon thusly: noun. A bad-tempered or surly person. Wiktionary says: An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions. If the person is young, they may be called out as a young curmudgeon. Sixty year old Victor Meldrew has not taken kindly to impending senior citizenship.
precocious adjective 1. unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development. source. When used literally it most often refers to advanced intelligence, but it can also refer to other signs of advanced maturity. In your example, you'd say "John has a precocious sense of responsibility". Share.
good 'un, young 'un, etc.; the now-standard pronunciation "wun" began c.14c. in southwest and west England (Tyndale, a Gloucester man, spells it won in his Bible translation), and it began to be general 18c. Wiktionary adds: one and once are pronounced differently from the related words alone, only and atone.