I am fifteen as of seven minutes ago.

[natsumehack]

Griever said
If you're 21, you're not an adult.I remember what I was like at 21, and I'd like to think I was mature for my age (comparing myself to my 20-40 year old friends I had at the time), but I can hardly say I was an "adult."Then again, I might have standards for what I consider adulthood. You don't magically become an adult when you hit 18 or 21.

That happened when the puberty fairy visits you a second time.

[Captain Jordan]

Hank said
It literally says ager. Why is this a question? It lasts from the moment you enter your teens, AKA when you turn 10, until you turn 20, and are thus out of your teens and into your twenties. What you guys are talking about is , which starts at puberty (12-13) and ends at 18 (when you enter adulthood).

Look that up in the dictionary and tell me what it says.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teenage said

: between 13 and 19 years old

: relating to people who are between 13 and 19 years old

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/teenager said
teenager (ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒə)

— n
a person between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teenager said Noun

teenager (plural teenagers)

(countable) Literally, a person from thirteen to nineteen, an adolescent.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/teenager said
teenager
Syllabification: teen·ag·er
Pronunciation: /ˈtēnˌājər

/
noun

a person aged from 13 to 19 years.

None of the definitions I found gave even remote mention to ten. Or twelve. It's commonly agreed that the term for teenager is applied to youths aged from 13 to 19. Not 10, not 12, but 13 to 19.

[Seravee]

I never have been, nor will I ever be, impressed by a person spouting dictionary definitions.

[natsumehack]

Seravee said
I never have been, nor will I ever be, impressed by a person spouting dictionary definitions.

You would rather have them making it all up.

[Captain Jordan]

Seravee said
I never have been, nor will I ever be, impressed by a person spouting dictionary definitions.

They're facts. Walk up to any person in the street and ask them for the definition of a teenager, and see if you get a different answer. I'm not exactly sure what you will trust if you won't trust a common definition found across all major English dictionaries.

[Ermine]

It wasn't really a relevant enough topic to look up stuff and post it. What was relevant was the 15 part. <.<
But this is spam.

[Seravee]

natsumehack said
You would rather have them making it all up.

No. I just think it is a silly thing to fall back on, especially in a Spam topic about a poor kid's birthday.

[Captain Jordan]

Seravee said
No. I just think it is a silly thing to fall back on, especially in a Spam topic about a poor kid's birthday.

Yes, the dictionary is a very silly thing to fall back on when word definitions are in dispute.

[Seravee]

Captain Jordan said
Yes, the dictionary is a very silly thing to fall back on when word definitions are in dispute.

And using it as an end-all conclusion in a discussion like this is even sillier.
This is like those terribly annoying debates that take place on Facebook statuses.

[Griever]

Seravee said
Oh the semantics.Its not important.Happy birthday. I'm old, you're a baby.

YES IT IS IMPORTANT I'M YOUR ELDER SHOW SOME GODDAMN RESPECT

[Seravee]

Griever said
YES IT IS IMPORTANT I'M YOUR ELDER SHOW SOME GODDAMN RESPECT

Don't make me use my teacher voice.

[Gowi]

Griever said
If you're 21, you're not an adult.I remember what I was like at 21, and I'd like to think I was mature for my age (comparing myself to my 20-40 year old friends I had at the time), but I can hardly say I was an "adult."Then again, I might have standards for what I consider adulthood. You don't magically become an adult when you hit 18 or 21.

Young Adult is pretty hectic and devil-may-care for most, yeah.

[Ermine]

Seravee said
And using it as an end-all conclusion in a discussion like this is even sillier.This is like those terribly annoying debates that take place on Facebook statuses.

People debate on facebook? I've never bothered looking.

[Gowi]

Ermine said
People debate on facebook? I've never bothered looking.

and the world was better for it.

[Seravee]

Gowi said
and the world was better for it.

Yup, you're lucky you've never encountered it. As a political science major, I have a lot of friends who just love to argue.

[Gowi]

I have a lot of "opinionated" and "loud" friends, so I understand that yeah.

[Shy]

Oh gosh I caused a commotion

[Cpt Toellner]

All that matters Termite, is that life really starts to suck after this birthday.

[Nenha]

Damn, the days when you hit fifteen to sixteen and you were a man... Oh, wait that is still true in some places. Just not America, haha.

[Dervish]

Are you guys seriously fucking arguing over when you're officially a teenager?

In any case, happy anniversary of your expulsion from a vagina, Termite!