Whippersnapper
(noun)
An impudent or disrespectful person, especially a young or inexperienced one.
Origin:
The word whippersnapper is an americanism of the 19th century, it is an insulting term used to describe an impudent or disrespectful person.
Examples:
- Don't talk back to me, you whippersnapper.
- The young man was considered a whippersnapper by his elders.
- He acted like a whippersnapper, thinking he knew more than everyone else.
- The whippersnapper had no respect for authority.
- The whippersnapper thought he was smarter than everyone else.