Adulting
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Adulting is a neologism for growing up that became popular on English-speaking social media in the second half of the 2010s.[1][2][3][4] American writer Kelly Williams Brown has been credited with coining the term.[5][6] The term is commonly used to refer to the context of tasks and activities that are necessary to carry out in order to live and function within mainstream civilized society, but are typically only done by adults due to pragmatic, financial, physical, or legal restrictions rooted in age.
Examples
[edit]- Working and holding down a full-time employment job
- Paying yearly taxes
- Paying utility bills
- Shoveling snow
- Jury duty
- Paying monthly mortgage or rent for housing
- Driving/commuting
- Food and clothing
- Leisure and pleasure
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Here Is What 'Adulting' Means". Time. June 8, 2016. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ↑ Tullo, Danielle (2016-06-20). "Kindly Shut the Hell Up About "Adulting"". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ↑ Grose, Jessica (May 10, 2017). "Perspective | The word 'adulting' is gross. It's also sexist". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Anatomy of the "Adulting" Trend". ELLE. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ↑ Beck, Julie. "When Do You Become an Adult?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
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