popular crowd
School's cool kids
The popular crowd is the socially dominant clique in a school setting—the students who set trends, attract attention, and occupy the top of adolescent hierarchies.
The term carries ambivalence: membership confers status but often implies superficiality or exclusivity.
She desperately wanted to join the popular crowd.
The phrase belongs almost exclusively to discussions of teenage social dynamics.
- cool kidsSocially dominant youth group
- trendsPrevailing directions of change
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- admirationDeep respect felt
extroversion · exclusivity · influence · fashion · envy · sociability · aspiration · peer pressure · reputation · cliques · inner circle · shared values · stereotypes · hierarchy · competitiveness · slang · name dropping · friendliness
popular crowdoutcasts
Rejected, excluded people
losers · nerds · geeks · untouchables · nobodies
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