Grown-up sentiment

A grown-up sentiment is an English term used in Maenall to the perception coming-of-age people (ages 17-20) get from themselves or/and other people. It can either have a positive connotation or be pejoratively sarcastic, which depends on what context the term is used in, like a lot of words.

The term was used in the 1990s and early-2000s to refer to a slew of young entertainers born between the late-1970s and mid-1980s that were changing their image(s) (either voluntarily or in coercion) in compliance with the lowest common denominator's need of edginess with a mixture of confidence and coolness, hence coining the term "[the] Grownego Generation", which the targets have since reappropriated and appreciated.