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A kidult is a middle aged person who enjoys being a part of youth culture and doing and/or buying things that are usually thought more suitable for children. The word is a portmanteau of kid and adult. Middle age is that stage in life when physical decline has started but a person cannot be called old. ...
A portmanteau (IPA pronunciation: ) is a word or morpheme which fuses two or more words or parts of words to give a combined or loaded meaning. ...
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For the adult insect stage, see Imago. ...
The term was first used by Jim Ward-Nichols on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ in late 1980 and is believed to have first appeared, in print, The New York Times on August 11, 1985 in an article by Peter Martin: The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...
August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
And in the background, on a much less lavish scale, is LBS Communications, which doesn't own its own stations but provides a lucrative stream of kidult — children, teenager and young adult — programming to independents. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Popular culture
Japan Among youths, dressing up as Gothic Lolita for certain events where costumes are appropriate has become popular. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
The United Kingdom London has become an increasingly popular rendezvous for young men and women determined to re-live their childhoods. Every weekend thousands of twentysomethings dress up in school uniforms to go clubbing at School Disco. The School Disco scene has spread northwards, to both Leeds and Newcastle. In February 2002, the School Disco Spring Term album went to number one in the UK charts. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Childhood (song) Childhood is a broad term usually applied to the phase of development in humans between infancy and adulthood. ...
Clubbing is also used to refer to the activity of gathering socially at nightclubs. ...
Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ...
This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...
The United States This blend of kid and adult was made rather famous with the release of a CD titled Kidults by Mandy Patinkin. Mandy Patinkin as Rube John Sofer from the television show Dead Like Me. ...
Famous examples - Nemi, the cartoon character. Her appeal lies in her mix of innocence, sense of fun and child-like qualities. However, she has a fear of growing up.
- Michael Jackson, the legendary pop singer is publicly perceived to be one.
Nemi: So you dont think playing hard to get will work after this? Nemi is a Norwegian comic strip, written and drawn by Lise Myhre. ...
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ...
See also Peter Pan Syndrome is a pop-psychology term used to describe an adult male or female who is socially immature. ...
Fanboy is a term used to describe an individual (usually male, though the feminine version fangirl may be used for females) who is utterly devoted to a single fannish subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession. ...
Slacking in the park The term slacker was commonly used in the United States in World War I and World War II to describe men who were avoiding the military draft. ...
References - Martin, Peter. "Coming Soon: TV's New Boy Network," The New York Times, August 11, 1985.
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