club kids
Late-night party crowd
Club kids are young people immersed in nightclub culture, especially the flamboyant, often outrageous scene that emerged in New York in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The term evokes elaborate costumes, gender-bending fashion, and drug-fueled parties at venues like the Limelight.
Club kids sought attention and notoriety through shock value and self-invention: The club kids turned getting dressed into performance art.
Seventies dance music
- technoElectronic dance genre
- houseResidential building
- DJMusic mixer performer
- dancefloorSurface for rhythmic movement
nightclub · afterhours · rave · strobes · velvet rope · guestlist · VIP · bottle service
Elevated flat surfaces
- glitterDecorative metallic flecks
- sequinsSmall reflective fabric ornaments
- androgynousNeither distinctly male nor female
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
vinyl · neon · avant-garde · feathers · lamé · iridescent · oversized · makeup
Rejection of mainstream values
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- RuPaulIconic drag performer
- Richie RichJuvenile cartoon billionaire
- voguingStylized pose-based dancing
ballroom culture · drag · queer culture · party scene · It girls · social hierarchy · cliques · personas
Rejection of prevailing norms
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- provocationAct that triggers response
- subversionUndermining established authority
shock value · taboo-breaking · hedonism · excess · decadence · anti-establishment · outsider · freak
Deriving from varied sources
- kaleidoscopicShowing constantly changing patterns
- outrageousShockingly bad or excessive
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- cartoonishAbsurdly exaggerated in style
grotesque · fantastical · otherworldly · provocative · transgressive · campy · kitsch · absurdist
disco
Seventies dance music
dancefloor · nightclub · afterhours · rave · strobes · velvet rope · guestlist · VIP · bottle service · promoter
platforms
Elevated flat surfaces
- glitterDecorative metallic flecks
- sequinsSmall reflective fabric ornaments
- androgynousNeither distinctly male nor female
latex · vinyl · neon · avant-garde · feathers · lamé · iridescent · oversized · makeup · wigs
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- RuPaulIconic drag performer
- Richie RichJuvenile cartoon billionaire
voguing · ballroom culture · drag · queer culture · party scene · It girls · social hierarchy · cliques · personas · reinvention
nonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- provocationAct that triggers response
subversion · shock value · taboo-breaking · hedonism · excess · decadence · anti-establishment · outsider · freak · misfit
eclectic
Deriving from varied sources
- kaleidoscopicShowing constantly changing patterns
- outrageousShockingly bad or excessive
- surrealDreamlike and strange
cartoonish · grotesque · fantastical · otherworldly · provocative · transgressive · campy · kitsch · absurdist · colorful
- Queer Culturegay, drag culture, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
- subculturespunk, punks, hippie, goth, hippies
- rave cultureraves, MDMA, ecstasy, molly, glow sticks
- celebritiesmovie stars, A-lister, pop stars, superstar, celebrity
- partygoerspartygoers, party-goer, party-goers, attendee, partier
- drag culturedrag queens, drag shows, drag balls, drag race, drag artists
club kidshomebodies
People preferring domestic life
homebody · shut-ins · recluses · hermits · introverts
club kidssquares
Four-sided equal figures
conformists · normies · straights · preppies · Young Republicans
club kidsteetotalers
Those avoiding all alcohol
abstainers · moralists · early risers · health nuts · monks
club, kids, clubs, clubbed, clubbing, clubber, clubbers, kid, kidded