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Tirosyteer-uh-see

n. A complicated feeling of envy and admiration for people younger than you--their eyes shining with energy, their futures rich with potential, their confidence smooth and untouched like a freshly opened jar of peanut butter, which you simultaneously want to preserve forever and gleefully undercut.

Etymology

Latin tiros, beginners, new recruits + jealousy.

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