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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The port has three mini-lands inside dedicated to Frozen, Peter Pan, and Tangled.
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Megan Dubois, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Like many of her peers, Sennott experienced a bit of Peter Pan syndrome after feeling robbed of a chunk of her youth.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The father and son developed an ice cream chain in the 50s called Peter Pan Ice Cream, which grew to dozens of locations and was named after a park in Emporia.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
That Peter Pan quality led me to really desire these reunions with people from my life who had been there at the beginning.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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Megan Dubois, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Like many of her peers, Sennott experienced a bit of Peter Pan syndrome after feeling robbed of a chunk of her youth.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The father and son developed an ice cream chain in the 50s called Peter Pan Ice Cream, which grew to dozens of locations and was named after a park in Emporia.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
That Peter Pan quality led me to really desire these reunions with people from my life who had been there at the beginning.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Peter Pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Peter%20Pan. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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