Name: Erin McKean: Go ahead,...
Uploaded: 2025-11-11T10:54:10.179Z
Description: to discourage people from making up words. And I think that is, well, stupid. So, for example, people are always telling you, "Be creative, make new music, do art, invent things, science and technology." But when it comes to words, they're like, "Don't! No. Creativity stops right here, whippersnappers. Give it a rest."

Frank Deford

How did females become 'guys?' How did everyone become 'guys?' Remember, too, that a male guy was something of a scoundrel. And a wise guy was a fresh kid, a whippersnapper. In its most other famous evocation, men in Brooklyn said 'youse guys.' Damon Runyon referred to hustlers, gamblers, and other nefarious types as guys.

American Writer

Jessica Valenti

In 2008, I was one of the young feminist whippersnappers who voted for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries - or as many of my older counterparts called me at the time, a traitor.

Letitia Baldrige

CEOs are called by their first names by young whippersnappers. That makes everybody uncomfortable. We need order and structure back in the workplace.

Chesney Hawkes

I was only a young whippersnapper at that point. I was in pubs playing Barry Manilow songs. I didn't know what to expect.

Vanessa Hudgens

I have a toy poodle, Shadow. She's a little whippersnapper! And I love little monkeys.

American Actress

Used more in older generations; may not resonate with younger audiences who prefer contemporary slang.

Cultural Colloquialism

Often used in a playful or mild rebuke, not usually to seriously insult someone.

Mildly Disparaging

Avoid in formal or professional contexts; it's casual and might seem unprofessional or patronizing.

Not for Professional Settings

 to discourage people from making up words. And I think that is, well, stupid. So, for example, people are always telling you, "Be creative, make new music, do art, invent things, science and technology." But when it comes to words, they're like, "Don't! No. Creativity stops right here, whippersnappers. Give it a rest."

Erin McKean: Go ahead,...

 young whippersnapper who can barely grow facial hair to come give you a talk. And that is a perfectly valid question. The state of my facial hair, is, quite frankly, embarrassing. So I guess I'll start from the beginning to kind of set things into context.

Whippersnapper

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