# Should It Be Teenage or Teenaged?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-teenage-or-teenaged/573832
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 7, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-teenage-or-teenaged/573832 "2011-03-07T20:41:09Z")
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### Author: ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-teenage-or-teenaged/573832/1 "2011-03-07T20:41:09Z")

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I was reading a magazine article and the sentence was:

The teenage stockboy was staring at her.

Is that correct? Or should it be teenaged stockboy?

Or is it just a matter of style and/or usage?

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### Author: ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-teenage-or-teenaged/573832/2 "2011-03-07T21:01:54Z")

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Duplicate reported

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### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-teenage-or-teenaged/573832/3 "2011-03-07T21:39:59Z")

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Closed duplicate.