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Is it actually common to refer to 18 year olds as children today? Or is that a US thing? I considered myself a grown up at that age; and it wouldn't occur to me
by jakobegger 10y ago
Is it actually common to refer to 18 year olds as children today? Or is that a US thing? I considered myself a grown up at that age; and it wouldn't occur to me to call someone who is older than 15 a kid.
- icebraining 10y ago"College kid" is a common term in US media. In my (European) country, we call them "young" (as in, "Young invents device" or "Two youngs were yesterday found ..."), not children.
- Symbiote 10y agoYou probably use the word that translates as "youth". (Jugend, unge etc). It was normal in Britain, examples are youth hostel, youth centre, Fountain of Youth. But in the last 20 years or so, I think it's been used negatively so often ("drunken youths", "aggressive youths") that if you begin with "a group of youths..." most people will expect something bad. "A group of teenagers" or "a group of children" is neutral. As an adjective, it's still fine. "Youth football team" and so on is fine.
- eyelidlessness 10y agoI call anyone younger than me a kid.
- zafka 10y agoMost of the engineers where I work are between 40-60. We called the two recent grads "the kids"