twentysomething

And then there's The Wire, where "twentysomething" is an epithet in David Simon's idealized Baltimore Sun newsroom.

Scott Brown: The Wire and Cloverfield: Bad Weekend for 20-Somethings 2008

The Sharks were completely powerless against Anaheim's big "twentysomething" line of, which combined for three of the four goals and racked up six points.

NHL.com Feature Stories 2009

And at twentysomething, they rang through me and somehow managed to sound all my bells and whistles.

Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

The leader also named his sister a top general, and awarded a high military post to a little-known general believed to have family ties — a bid, analysts say, to surround his twentysomething son with experienced regents.

Irish Troubles, Strong Tea, Flash Report 2010

And at twentysomething, they rang through me and somehow managed to sound all my bells and whistles.

Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

Their meteorologist was a twentysomething guy who … spoke softly.

Lance Mannion: 2009

I passed the Magaluf exit on Majorca quite recently, and was assured by my twentysomething driver that it is a package resort for young British and Scandinavian tourists which makes Sodom and Gomorrah look like Torbay.

Miniskirt ban: a small, incompetent step backwards Michael White 2010

Girls, from executive producer Judd Apatow and starring series creator Lena Dunham Tiny Furniture, takes a look at the humiliations and triumphs of a group of twentysomething New York women.

HBO Sets Premiere Dates for Game of Thrones, New Series Veep and Girls 2012

Late Show snoops tell The National Enquirer, studio surveillance tape caught the 62-year-old comic in a series of — er — “compromising positions” — with a petite twentysomething he met as a staffer.

Britney Spears Letterman Top Ten List Aug. 18 2009

Kisses and hugs are welcomed by entertainers and restaurateurs, and many twentysomething guys favor bro-hugs.

Workplace Deals, Sealed With a Kiss? Sue Shellenbarger 2011