Whippersnapper (noun)
wip-u-snap-u
A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.
Late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance.
Example sentences
“Those young whippersnappers are causing nothing but trouble in the town square.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
