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whippersnapper

noun as in brat

noun as in enfant terrible

noun as in holy terror

noun as in pipsqueak

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Like his character, his powers haven’t dimmed with age, whatever the whippersnappers might think, and if both have made a few bad decisions in a long career, not even Superman is perfect anymore.

News flash: We senior citizens have something you young whippersnappers don’t: the wisdom and judgment that comes from experience.

From Salon

The whippersnapper was about 5 to 7 years old, some 4 meters long, and weighed about 350 kilograms—as much as a large domestic pig, and about 1/10 the heft of its parent.

Biden aides and allies argue that such critics miss the point - that Biden never set out merely keep the seat warm for the whippersnappers to follow, nor does he believe he’s finished the job.

Biden aides and allies argue that such critics miss the point — that Biden never set out merely keep the seat warm for the whippersnappers to follow, nor does he believe he’s finished the job.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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