iPad kid 

Being the backronym for "Indonesian people addicted to devices-type kid", this pejorative slang term meaning "screen addict" refers to the country Indonesia having world's highest average screen time, i.e. 7 hours 38 minutes per day as of 2025.

With kids in every corner of Jakarta glued to their phones, it's hard not to call them all iPad kids these days!

iPad kid by Emotional Cruiser September 27, 2025

ipad kid

The Urban Dictionary definition of a 'sticky iPad kid' really paints a picture, doesn't it? That feeling of their device being an extension of them, always there, often a bit grubby from snacks – it's a real concern for any parent who sees their child getting too attached. I worried about that addictive grip with my own kids. That's why I created WhitelistVideo. My goal was to make screen time a planned, thoughtful activity, not something they'd constantly seek out everywhere. By having only approved, high-quality content, it naturally reduced that obsessive attachment and the need for the device to be glued to their hands.

The restaurant was full of iPad kids watching YouTube while their parents ate dinner.

ipad kid by Arul Prakash June 23, 2026

iPad kid 2.0

Karl Jacob's. If you look closely he also sneezes like an iPad kid.

Person 1:Hey, did you see that?
Person 2: No, what?
Person 1: Karl just sneezed like an iPad kid! Hes like iPad kid 2.0

iPad kid 2.0 by Coscot.plclace May 3, 2021

iPad kid syndrome 

If a child is so glued to an iPad screen that if he/she has it removed it will cause an explosion.

“Mom! He is not putting the family iPad down!”
Mom: “oh not another case of iPad kid syndrome! “

iPad kid syndrome by Gooning Potato June 25, 2024

iPad kid society

The moniker given to the country Indonesia as the country with world's highest average screen time — i.e. 6.05 hours per day throughout early 2020's, now 7 hours 38 minutes per day as of 2025. This Indonesian people's screen time is claimed to "rival that of iPad kids", hence the prefix "i-" in this slang term "iPad kid society" (meaning "the society consisting of persons who are addicted to screens") akcually stands for "Indonesia".

With everyone in Indonesia glued to their screens for over 7 hours a day, it's no wonder we call it the iPad kid society.

iPad kid society by Emotional Cruiser September 27, 2025

iPad kid nation 

Being the backronym for "Indonesian people addicted to devices-type kids living within one same nation", this pejorative slang term refers to the country Indonesia — with its population of 270 millions of inhabitants — having the world's highest average screen time, i.e. 7 hours 38 minutes per day as of 2025.

With kids everywhere in Indonesia glued to their screens to play Free Fire or Fortnite, we're undeniably living in an "iPad kid nation"!

iPad kid nation by Emotional Cruiser September 27, 2025

sticky ipad kid 

a child who uses and ipad that is always dirty and covered in grime. then use the ipad in weird, contorted positions and often cough all over the ipad. they are disgusting.

ew look at that sticky ipad kid.

sticky ipad kid by cassidybowe July 29, 2021