three-nager
n.— «Whoever invented the word “three-nagers,” was clearly speaking from bitter experience—they were describing three year olds with the rebellious spirit of a teenager, but none of the reasoning skills!» —“House Of Tiny Tearaways” TV One (New Zealand) Apr. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
There was a time when William Shakespeare was just another little seven-year-old in school. Classes in his day were demanding — and all in Latin. A new book argues that this rigorous curriculum actually nurtured the creativity that later flourished...