sweet 16

Coming-of-age bash

Sweet 16 is a sixteenth birthday, especially a girl's, traditionally celebrated as a milestone marking the transition toward adulthood.

The occasion often involves elaborate parties: She's planning a huge sweet 16.

In American college basketball, the Sweet 16 is the round of sixteen teams remaining in the NCAA tournament.

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milestone · teenager · high school · coming-of-age · coming of age · growing up · cake · gifts · debutante · party dress · adulthood · party · family · rite of passage · driver's permit · celebration · youth · decorations

Opposites
age/life stage milestones

sweet 16death

Cessation of life

end of life · funeral · old age · golden years · retirement

cultural coming-of-age traditions

sweet 16quinceañera

Fifteenth birthday celebration

bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · debut · confirmation · coming-of-age ceremony

emotional tone/connotation

sweet 16over the hill

Past one's peak

midlife crisis · terrible twos

Family

sweet, sweets, sweeten, sweetly, sweetness, sweetener, sweeter, sweetest, sweetened

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G