It meant an awkward rustic teenager, who is neither man nor boy, and so half of both.
Davenport has been part of the festivities here since 1993, growing from an awkward teenager into an articulate champion.
Next came the "awkward teenager" and then the full adult version.
No doubt, as in all fairy-tale romances, he paid but scant attention to the younger sister, at that time little more than an awkward teenager.
Mom and Dad were taken aback to find that their adorable daughter had turned into such an awkward, troublesome teenager.
Slowly before the viewers' eyes, she seemed to grow from a somewhat awkward teenager into a sophisticated young woman.
It was ever thus, of course: awkward teenagers entering adulthood, convinced that they know better than the stupid old grownups who control their world.
He would always have something about him of a very awkward teenager.
This was the place where she had grown up, lost her virginity, changed from a shy, awkward teenager into a wiser, more confident woman.
Kjakan - an awkward teenager and Påsan's best friend.
