tween

a girl ages about 9-14…too old for toys, but too young for boys.

very easy to market to, will usually follow any fashion trend set for them, will most likely go through the phase of ‘finding themselves’ as they ‘grow up’.
1. mary-kate & ashley olsen’s main fanbase are all tweens.

2.
tween 1: lyk omg, i am just going thru teh hardest time of my lyf…i ran out of eyeshadow!!!!
tween 2: omg!!!! do you need me to come over for support?!?!?!?!?!
a word that is used by marketers to describe youths between the ages of 10-13. although some believe that tweens are actually between the ages of 10-15. despite the fact that tweens have always existed, marketers continue to lay claim to discovering them. the word “discover” is often misused, especially in a historical context. no one discovered the tweens. what marketers actually discovered was their purchasing power. tweens will spend around 1.4 to 1.6 billion dollars in a year!
reporter: tweens spend 1-2 billion a year!

tv viewer says as he hand his 12 year old daughter $50. “wow where did those 10-15 year olds get so much money?”
i am eleven years old, and tweens seem to be exactly what you think they are. only a few of my cl-ssmates can write a coherent sentence, and even the ones who can are obsessed with justin bieber or avril lavigne or, in extreme cases, twilight.
while many people seem to think there is a single, strict recipe for stupid tweens, they are actually all stupid in their own special way. for example, the girl who calls herself emo when the only songs on her ipod are by taylor swift, or the one who eats one piece of candy at recess and becomes “zomg so ttly hyper-rand0m!!1! cheez!” generally, most 10-12 year olds don’t care what you call them, but you’re better off calling the intelligent ones “pre-teens” or “young adults”, to distinguish them from the ‘other’ ones.
before you judge a tween, take a good look at her. is she wearing an inappropriately short skirt? is her bra stuffed? is she squealing and dancing around with her friends? or is she wearing appropriate clothes for her age, perhaps chatting with a friend or on the phone, but overall being calm and mature, like a normal human? think before you judge.
(an actual conversation with one of my peers)
me: you’re not going to get better if you keep doing that.
other tween: doing what?
me: well, i’m supposed to be helping you, but you’re just copying my answers.
other tween: so? that’s not gonna stop me from getting into harvard!
(she gets c’s and d’s in math to this day.)
a creature that is said to be between the ages of 9 and 12, who for some reason, have immense ‘confidence’ in themselves.

spend most on the time on the internets and flipping their hair.

tends to be in love with stupid pop bands such as the jonas brothers and other disney cr-p.

will defend said band with bad grammar, and meaningless insults.

ex:
omj. jonazz bruders rawk, ok??? ur just jelouse bcuz u wishes u wer dem, ok? u probbably r fats n uglys n poor. u wish u waz rich, u meanie. ur so mean. go to aych ee double hockeyyshticks. yeh.

tends to shop at stores like hollister and american eagle, because apparently that’s the style nowadays.

dresses rather whorish, and stuffs toilet paper in their training bras.

have no individuality, and will do whatever the media says is ‘rad’.
me: why are you holding your breath?

tween: disney says breathing isn’t cool.
the deference between a preteen and a tween:

preteen: someone between the ages of 10 and 13. simple as that

tween: someone between the ages of 8 and 14/15, who in general:
regularly watches disney channel
need to follow the lastest trends
almost exclusevely listens to pop
omg tpye lik dis !!! <3 this is the regular for most, they may follow all or just some not all people in this age group are tweens, and it is extremely insulting to call someone(especially 14 or 15 year old) a tween or preteen if/when they are not. shara the disney channel lover: perry...your 14...your a preteen and a tween!!!!! me(someone who does not have any of the above listed typicals of a tween): first of all, i am a teenager....second of all..how dare you call me a tween! a word whose definition can never be agreed upon from one person to the next, so as a result is rendered meaningless. look up tween at definithing and all the definitions will be different 8-14 year old's. generally female. trying desprately to be a teenager but still a child. spends on average 1-2 billion dollars a year. a product of celebrity influences. support celebrities such as hilary duff, lindsey lohan and delta goodrem. nearly all females in the tween age group. use slang such as 'lyk' instead of 'like' 'h8' instead of 'hate', ect. ←