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語源

Blend of tender +‎ macaroni, a former trademark in the United States for a brand of quick-cooking macaroni introduced in the 1930s.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌtɛndəˈɹəʊni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌtɛndəˈɹoʊni/
• 韻: -əʊni
• ハイフネーション: ten‧der‧o‧ni

名詞

tenderoni (plural tenderonis)

1. (originally African-American Vernacular, slang) A younger (often female) love interest. [from 1970s]
   • 1976 September, Allan Felder, “Sweet Tenderoni”, in Goin’ Up in Smoke, performed by Eddie Kendricks:

     Sweet tenderoni, a man should never be lonely / Sweet tenderoni, girl if I could only / I got my eye, I got my eye on you, ah you

   • 1983 September 19, James Ingram, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”, in Thriller, performed by Michael Jackson:

     Tenderoni, you've got to be / Spark my nature, sugar, fly with me

   • 1988 December 27, Babyface, Darnell Bristol, “Roni”, in Don’t Be Cruel, performed by Bobby Brown:

     Only tenderonis can give a special love / A special kind of love that makes you feel good inside

   • 2007 April 29, Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz, “When a Stan Loves a Woman” (11:42 from the start), in American Dad!‎, season 3, episode 16, spoken by Roger (Seth MacFarlane):

     “Yeah, my game was pretty tight last night. I scored two tenderonies. I don't know their names. Anyway, madam, I wanna dispute some of these charges on my cell phone bill. I don't know anyone in Victorville. Oh, oh. No, no. No, no, no. Wait, wait. Yeah, I do. I do. Sorry.” [Beeps]

   • 2008 June, Nina Tracy, “Prologue: Lonely?”, in Twenty-Eight Days, West Babylon, N.Y.: Urban Soul, →ISBN, page 3:

     I must admit to having been somewhat taken back by the question posed to me by the young tenderoni. "Are you desperately lonely?" he had asked a few minutes after we had pulled up in front of his dwelling, after having shared an intimate spell together and then grabbing a fast-food combo.

参考

参照

Further reading

• Tenderoni on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tenderoni (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• internode, nondieter, nontiered, trendione