Sperm can live for about five days inside the uterus, so providing those two time frames collide, it can be pretty soon after sex. Hours, usually. Implantation occurs between 6 - 12 days. Different sources say different things, but it seems to be no fewer than six days and no longer than fourteen.
In short, it soon became apparent that a new stage of life â the teenage phase â was becoming a reality in America. American adolescents were displaying traits unknown among children and adults. Although the word teenager did not come into use until decades later, the teenage mindset dawned in the 1920s.
Until very recently, to call someone a snowflake would have involved the word âgenerationâ, too, as it was typically used to describe, or insult, a person in their late teens or early 20s. At the start of November, the Collins English Dictionary added âsnowflake generationâ to its words of the year list, where it sits alongside other vogue-ish new additions such as âBrexitâ and âhyggeâ.