Hi I'm Rima, and I have a question for you. Now, how many times have you heard
someone say something like - "Act your age! It doesn't suit you otherwise."
well there're lot of the people in this world who defie that rule, they don't act their
age and those are the ones that we call childish adults
Welcome to today's lesson, and today's lesson is all about words used todescribe childish adults.
Now all adults at some point or the other behave like children, like kids and it's good to do so
Sometimes, once in awhile ...you know ...because it's nice treasure the child within you
so, when you're behaving like a child in respect of your age each these are
the words you can use to describe yourself or someone else was doing the
same thing. So, I have in my list
choicest of terms and I'm going to start up with the first one which I think is very very
familiar to almost everyone it's "Mama's Boy" how many times have you heard a
full-grown man being described as a mama's boy, I think many many times and
it actually means - Overly dependent on your Mother.
Now, the closeness of boy children to their moms is legendary, but once a boy grows up
into a full-grown man if he's still calling his mom for every tiny thing and
taking all his decisions with or without the approval of his mother then
he happens to be termed as mama's boy and trust me
women don't date Mama's boys. Well moving on to the next one
this one is for the girls "Daddy's Girl" Okay now "Daddy's Girl" is someone who just
adores her father's so much that her father has the final word on everything
she idolizes him, she wants to be like him, She wants to do things just the way
he does it. So, "Daddy's Girl" is someone for whom her father is an ideal, so daddy can do no wrong
forties fifties but some of them are still daddy's girl
moving on the next this one is not very positive I'm trying to be someone who
cries at the drop of a hat, that would be someone who cries too easily
you have a friend or colleague or sister or someone who just cries at the drop of a hat
someone who just is like you know waiting to tear up at every occasion and
that person can be termed as a cry baby and this one is never used in a
positive light, is always used in very negative light, to kinda show
that the person is week or does not practice
the required emotional control. So if I have a friend who cries too much I'm gonna say
"Don't be such a cry baby" or " You're always such a crybaby" and this is not a very
appreciative or positive term, so that's 'Cry baby' for you and moving on
to the next one this is ' Fidget' now 'Fidget' can be a little confusing it actually means
someone who's restless or moves continuously.
So, if you have someone , you know who just can't sit still, has to get up, has to shake his feet
has to shake his hands, well that person can be termed as a 'Fidget'. So , I can say something like
"He's such a fidget, he can't sit still for a single second" andt hat person would be the most restless
person on the face of this planet or you could attribute the term 'Fidget' to someone who moves
continuously so if there's somebody you know is always job jumping
or always moving houses you could say - "You're such a fidget, you can't stay still in a
job for like longer than a month and that's the meaning of the word 'Fidget"
and that's also something you call children because children are generally restless
always moving.. always moving from one toy to another, dropping things, shaking their
hands, shaking their feet and all of the above so well you know a child is mostly
very fidgety so if an adult is behaving like a child is termed as a 'Fidget'.
Moving on to the next one and this one is a 'Kiddish' and this one's really simple
'Kiddish' is someone who's just acting childish. Now, of you know somebody who's
not very mature, doesn't have very much of ideas about things you can actually term
that person as 'Kiddish' you could say something like - "You have such
kiddish ideas" or " You're being so kiddish" or "You are behaving so kiddish'
which means you are essentially behaving and acting like a child when you are not
a child so it's okay for child to be 'Kiddish' because it's their age to be
'Kiddish' but when an adult behaves like a child, then he's acting 'Kiddish'.
Well moving on to the next one is 'Mite' this one can be very confusing, so I'm going to
explain to you in great detail so a 'Mite' is actually a little child
who is a little pitiful or a little malnourished, a little helpless
so when an adult behaves like a pitiful, helpless person that's when you term the adult as a 'Mite'
So, if someone's really indulging in self-pity and self-sympathy and acting
all helpless despite the fact that they are very well capable of taking care of themselves
you can just say something like "Oh don't be such a poor mite, get you act together"
and then this term would be really appropriate for them, so that's the
meaning of 'Mite', someone who is behaving pitiful, pathetic, helpless and that may
not be so actually, they could actually be well capable of taking care
of themselves, but they just acting it out like a helpless child and then that
adult would be termed as a pitiful 'Mite'. Moving on... I have my last two words
on the list and this one's 'Tattle tale' the other one is 'Teeny bopper'. Now 'Tattle tale' is
whole lot of fun, now 'Tattle tale' actually means someone who is constantly complaining
I'm sure you've met many many tattle tales in your life. So, 'Tattle tale' is actually
derived from like a classroom environment, where children are sitting and if
one child offends the other, the first one is quick to go and complain to the
teacher and see that you know what this was done to me, so someone who's
constantly complaining, someone who's not handling his or her problems on their
own, but seeking out authority or seeking out help from someone else for
the same. So, well if you have a friend who's always telling on you or if you have
a sibling is always telling on you, you could say like - you know.....
My brother is such a 'Tattle tale', and every time I say something to him, he has to go and
complain to my mother" This is very relevant to children but when you grow
up and you continue to behave like a 'Tattle tale'
like you continue to complain against somebody... you know... to somebody that's when
you are termed as a 'Tattle tale'. So you could say something like - My colleague from the
first floor is such a 'Tattle tale'
if I say something against the boss, she's the first one to go and actually tell him
so well that's what a 'Tattle tale' is, somebody who tells on someone else,
somebody who complains against someone else and essentially somebody who's not so
pleasant. So, make sure you never indulge in being a 'Tattle tale'. Moving on the last
one on my list ...and this one is famous as can be 'Teeny Bopper' now someone who's
'Teeny Bopper' means someone who's really teenagy, someone who's into like teenage
fashion, teenage music, teenage words teenage slang, all of things that are relevant
to people who are in their teenage, but imagine if you're a grown up like let's
say you're in your forties, late forties or early fifties and you still want to
dress like Hannah Montana you wanna humm the songs that Hannah Montana sings, or
you want to use words as if you are fresh out of middle school then you can
be termed as a 'Teeny Bopper' - Acting like a teenager
So, I could actually use the word 'Teeny Bopper' in a sentence like. you know ..... "Sally have you
checked her wardrobe, it's the wardrobe of a 'Teeny Bopper', which means Sally does not
dress according to her age, she dresses like a teenager or something like....
"Where do get all this teeny bopper language from? you're a mature
professional, please speak formal language." So, if you're using too many teeny bopper
word you're definitely gonna hear this. Well! that's 'Teeny Bopper' for you and I'm
going to go on my list one more time there's 'Mama's boy' who is overly
depended on his mother no matter what his age there's 'Daddy's girl' for whom daddy
is an absolute ideal her absolute ...you know...visionary God to speak and of course there's
'Cry baby' someone who cries too easily, does not practice the correct amount of
emotional control and 'Fidget' someone who's restless, moves continuously 'Kiddish'
someone who acts childish all the time and 'Mite' someone who appears to be
pitiful and helpless but may not be and the second last one 'Tattle tale'
someone who's always complaining and 'Teeny bopper' where someones acting like a
teenager when they're definitely not one. Well these are the terms used to describe
childish adults and I'm hoping that... you know... you can actually use these terms
and relate them to different people in your environment
when we come to think of it, we see childish adults all the time, I hope you liked the
lesson, and if you have something to say to me, do write in the comment box below
This is me Rima, saying thank you and have a great time...