twentysomethings
SayTWEN-tee-sum-thingz/ˈtwɛntiˌsʌmθɪŋz/
- 1Plural of twentysomething.
The neighborhood has become a magnet for twentysomethings priced out of the city center.
Advertisers tailored the campaign to appeal to twentysomethings with disposable income.
Note
Only the noun takes this -s. The same word also works as an adjective and as a numeral, and those uses never pluralize: twentysomething workers, not twentysomethings workers. The ending attaches to the whole compound, never to the number inside it. The noun itself is informal, so in formal writing people in their twenties is the safer choice.
twentysomethings is a form of twentysomething
twentysomething, noun: A person whose age falls between twenty and twenty-nine; someone in their twenties. Full entry
- Forms
- twentysomethingtwentysomethings plural
- Spelling
- twentysomething → twentysomethings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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