Nat Gertler: Ah, transitional forms! I don't think I've ever run into 'teen age with the apostrophe before, but looking around at 1935, 'teen age and 'teen ager are fairly common... not as common as teen age and teen-age, but teenage does not yet exist.

Ah, transitional forms! I don't think I've ever run into 'teen age with the apostrophe before, but looking around at 1935, 'teen age and 'teen ager are fairly common... not as common as teen age and teen-age, but teenage does not yet exist.

Instrumental Music Recommended as Aid for 'Teen Agewww.newspapers.com Clipping found in St. Cloud Times published in Saint Cloud, Minnesota on 3/13/1935. Instrumental Music Recommended as Aid for 'Teen Age

What does the apostrophe stand for?!

I presume it's contracting any number that might be there... Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, etc.

I guess so

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