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just_an_ordinary_guy t1_iuaw52x wrote

Reply to comment by CallMeCappn in Two Teens Charged in Shooting Outside of Pittsburgh Church by Urbanette

And still a teenager, which is the word used to describe a nineteen year old that the original commenter is caling "cringe."

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CallMeCappn t1_iuax56t wrote

Whenever “teen” is used in a headline without the race specified regarding something abhorrent It usually means only one thing. I think that’s what he was getting at,

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just_an_ordinary_guy t1_iuaxfb1 wrote

It usually means that they are a teenager. Because that's what the word means and it's used quite appropriately to refer to a sixteen and nineteen year old.

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