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Adulting is a neologism for growing up that became popular on English-speaking social media in the second half of 2010s.[1][2][3][4] American writer Kelly Williams Brown has been credited with coining the term.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Here Is What 'Adulting' Means". Time. June 8, 2016. Retrieved 2020-06-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Tullo, Danielle (2016-06-20). "Kindly Shut the Hell Up About "Adulting"". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. ^ Grose, Jessica (May 10, 2017). "Perspective | The word 'adulting' is gross. It's also sexist". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-06-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Hill, Susan (2018). "#Adulting and the Disordered State of American Adulthood". Anthropology News. 59 (2): e229–e233. doi:10.1111/AN.814. ISSN 1556-3502.
  5. ^ "Anatomy of the "Adulting" Trend". ELLE. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  6. ^ Beck, Julie. "When Do You Become an Adult?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-05-23.