Kid´loid, n. 1. A precocious or self-assertive infant; an enfant terrible. 2. A hotel or stage child. Any juvenile person who is too ubiquitous.
Kid´loid, a. Impertinent or offensive, in a childish way.
In the hotel the kidloid is manufactured and developed from shy and timid modesty to the final perfect stages of conspicuous vulgarity. He is like an improbable old man, or a cynical hag but without the charm of age.
The kidloid, in comic papers, hides under the couch when his sister’s beau is calling, and is subsequently bribed to silence. In actual life, however, he is much more offensive when you know he’s about. (See Vorge.)
The kidloid is called upon to recite “pieces” before company, and invariably makes a fool of his parents.
The kidloid makes conversation an agony, and has the apparent power of a multiple personality. He seems like at least a dozen persons when he is in the room.
Kidloids are created by fond and idolatrous parents by the simple process of giving them their own way.
The stage kidloid is a cross between an intelligent ape and a mummy. The hotel kidloid is an anthropoid dynamo. (See Gollohix.)
The Kidloid at the Beach Hotel
We thought a model child,
For he behaved so very well—
He was so meek and mild.
But every girl, for comfort’s sake,
Had paid him, every day
That she had company, to make
That kidloid stay away!