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Specific word for grown-up children? [duplicate] There is a group the ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) whose website is adultchildren org So, this is definitely a common usage – David M Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 21:57
Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children "adult children" is sometimes used in contexts where age is important, such as a form requiring someone to list all children under 18 and all adult children living with them And someone might use it to emphasise that their children have left home or aren't dependent on them But you wouldn't introduce someone as "my adult child ren" –
single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange From the Wikipedia entry for 'young adult': A young prime adult, according to Erik Erikson's stages of human development, is generally a person between the age of 20 - 40, whereas an adolescent is a person between the age of 13 - 19,1[2] although definitions and opinions vary The young adult stage in human development precedes middle adulthood
possessives - adults’ English teacher or adult’s English teacher . . . Use a noun adjunct "I am an adult English teacher " It still has ambiguity, namely whether you are an adult who teaches English or whether you teach English to adults, but my top Google search results turn up job ads for the latter That collocation avoids the possessive entirely Verb the noun
Can Mr, Mrs, etc. be used with a first name? As Mr England's post indicates, common usage dictates the rules, not the other way around And in the South, this is very common and accepted It can be a bit rude (or at least stiff and standoffish) not to use this construction if the adult being addressed prefers the first name
Trying to understand the nuances between ox, steer and bullock An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal or riding animal Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals more docile [citation needed] Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas Wikipedia article on ox
Appropriateness of the word buddy in America When someone says "Hey Buddy" to a strange adult, usually male, who is acting inappropriately, it is a linguistic way to put the speaker in a relationship of authority relative to the person spoken to, while not being outright antagonistic towards them An example of that is illustrated in a YouTube video at this link