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Bookmark or Share- What do you call a person who has a relationship with a much younger adult?What do I call someone who marries or has a sexual relationship with someone much younger than themselves? Their partner is someone who is at least 18 years old. The term paedophile is not the c...
- abbreviations - What do CI, CIM, CID, CIB mean? - English Language ...I was talking to a friend about a girl, and he mentioned that “She can pretty much CI anything, CIB, CIM or CID.” I’m wondering what these mean. The context was sexual experience. Sorry if I missed...
- possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher ...Use a noun adjunct. "I am an adult English teacher." It still has ambiguity, namely whether you are an adult who teaches English or whether you teach English to adults, but my top Google search results turn up job ads for the latter. That collocation avoids the possessive entirely. Verb the noun.
- Specific word for "grown-up children"? [duplicate]There is a group the ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) whose website is adultchildren.org So, this is definitely a common usage. – David M Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 21:57
- What is the word for an adult who is not mature?adultescent: a young adult or middle-aged person that has interests, traits, etc., that are usually associated with teenagers. kidult: an adult who is interested in forms of entertainment such as video games, TV shows, etc. that are intended for children. In the way of adjectives, "adolescent" sounds like a good fit.
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