Whats a more modern word for youngsters?? ?

Question

my teacher asked me to edit this years school play by changing some of the words (It's from the 60's I think) So instead of 'Dame' it's "Chick", "Lady",ect.

the plays called "Up the Down Staircase"

Soo, whats a more modern word for youngster?

Answer 1

It's set in America, isn't it?....I saw the film years ago.....around where I live in the Midlands, Great Britain they get called what they aspire to be - hoodies, chavs, goths, emos (at least that is what my son tells me)

Answer 2

Teenager

Answer 3

There are many options:

-you Children

-you Youth

-you Kids

-you Adolescents

-you Teenagers

or even you young people/ones...i suggest you select the one which sounds best in context.

Answer 4

Tax-deductions.

Answer 5

Every English teacher loves "Up the Down Staircase" because the hero of the story is an English teacher.

Does she mean for you to modernize it, or just change it?

Chaucer is central to the theme. Maybe, look at doing it with Shakespearean slang...?

Answer 6

adolescents, minors, schoolgirl, brats, imps, p*****n, teen, teenager, teenybopper, tomboys, peeps, homies

Answer 7

Kids

Answer 8

We use that word here in newfoundland !

I guess it's just where you come from. I'm assuming you don't want words like "kid" or "child" (because I'm sure you could have come up with that on your own :P)

I looked up synonyms for it and got these : tot, bud, innocent, juvenile.

Personally, I would stick with youngster, or kid.

  

Answer 9

That sounds like a fun project, but first you may want to consider what kind of voice you want to give it.  Do you want a specific kind of dialect or to be from a specific group, click or place...Southern, New yorker, Appalachian, Surfer Dude, Hick, Hip Hop, Emo, Street...etc.  I only mention this because there are many different ways to say youngsters.  

Here are some I can come up with:

Children

Kids

Kiddos

Chil'en

Babies

Youngins

Teens

Tweens

Adolescents

Bantlings

Foundlings

Imps

Minors

Nestlings

Offspring

Progeny

Ragamuffins

Urchins

Youth

Answer 10

In the UK it's "Youth" prounounced Yoot

Answer 11

Most teens today refer to females as "Honies" or "Shorties".

Answer 12

brats

Answer 13

try kid

Answer 14

bagets