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Topic: YOUTH

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Probably from snipper-snapper 'whippersnapper' (16-19 centuries), probably from snip + snap

whippersnapper

 noun
     
whip‧per‧snap‧per [countable]
old-fashionedSSY a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people
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