Peter Pan
noun
Pe·ter Pan
ˈpē-tər-ˈpan 
1
: a boy in Sir James Barrie's play Peter Pan who lives without growing older in a never-never land
2
: an adult who does not want to grow up : one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes
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Seconding the motion for Peter Pan’s Flight, loving the lift-off, little London, Tick-Tock and Hook.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Teens flood the stage like the Lost Boys celebrating Peter Pan’s return to Neverland — a sea of Afros, braids, and flashing braces.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 15 July 2025
Nobody wants to ugly cry next to a fiberglass Peter Pan.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In 2015, for example, a designer named Joe Hale translated both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Pan into emoji.
—Longreads, 1 July 2025
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
Teens flood the stage like the Lost Boys celebrating Peter Pan’s return to Neverland — a sea of Afros, braids, and flashing braces.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 15 July 2025
Nobody wants to ugly cry next to a fiberglass Peter Pan.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In 2015, for example, a designer named Joe Hale translated both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Pan into emoji.
—Longreads, 1 July 2025
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“Peter Pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Peter%20Pan. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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