| Back | whippersnapper /HWIP-uhr-snap-uhr, WIP-/ |
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| Front | noun A person regarded as unimportant and presumptuous, especially someone young. [Perhaps an alteration of whipsnapper, representing noise and uselessness, or an alteration of snippersnapper, similar in sense. Earliest documented use: 1674.] "Young high-flyers find it hard to manage older workers, and older curmudgeons resent being bossed about by whippersnappers." Age Shall Not Wither Them; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 7, 2011. |
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