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spinster
thumb|A poem entitled "It won't be my fault if I die an Old Maid", containing the lines "Remember no thought to a girl is so dread / As the terrible one—She may die an Old Maid."
yuppie
thumb|right|325px|Anti-yuppie graffiti criticizing the gentrification of Austin, Texas
OK boomer
ageist catchphrase and Internet meme
chūnibyō
is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe adolescents with delusions of grandeur. These teenagers are thought to desperately want to stand out and convince themselves that they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. It is sometimes called "eighth-grader syndrome" in the United States, usually in the context of localizations of anime which feature the concept as a significant plot element.
cougar
slang term referring to a woman who seeks sexual activity with younger men
preppy
thumb|A 1902 illustration of a Columbia University student, containing many of the attributes stereotypically associated with the preppy subculture
sheng nu
Chinese derogatory term about women who are unmarried in their late twenties and beyond
crone
thumb|Archetypical appearance of a crone.Old Woman Seen from Behind,by Vincent van Gogh. In folklore, a crone is an old woman who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obsolete. As a concept, 'The Crone' is also often associated with the Jungian archetype of the Wise Woman or, if accompanied by 'The Maiden' and 'The Mother', as a member of the Triple Goddess deity archetype. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the hag.
teenybopper
A teenybopper is a young teenager, typically a girl, who follows adolescent trends in music, fashion, and culture. The term may have been coined by marketing professionals and psychologists, later becoming a subculture of its own. The term was introduced in the 1950s to refer to teenagers who mainly listened to popular music and/or rock and roll and not much else. Teenybopper became widely used again in the late 1960s and early 1970s, following an increase in the marketing of pop music, teen idols and fashions aimed specifically at younger girls, generally 10–15 years old.
Fresa
Mexican slang term