adultescence
n.— «Marriage once was the gateway to adulthood. It is now the last stop in what has come to be called “adultescence.”» —“Marriage stall puts children in free fall” by Susan Reimer Orlando Sentinel (Florida) July 6, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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