Why does the media always preface Martin with the Honorific “teen?” Wasn’t he a man, legally?
Nope. He was 17, still legally a minor.
Thought the other day how you could make people’s heads explode by referring to him as a “boy,” which implies youth and innocence, exactly what they’re going for with “teen.”
Why does the media always preface Martin with the Honorific “teen?”
Because he was a teenager. He was sevenTEEN.