popular kids
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Popular kids are the students in a school who hold high social status among their peers—the ones who set trends, get invited to parties, and whose approval others seek.
The term carries ambivalence: admiration mixed with resentment, since popularity often correlates with cliquishness or exclusion of others.
She wasn't one of the popular kids, but she had her own friends.
- coolCalm or fashionable
- cliqueExclusive social group
- in crowdExclusive social group
- jocksCasual term for sportspeople
- cheerleadersAthletic event spirit rousers
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- cool kidstrendsetters, influencers, queen bee, golden boy, social butterfly
- high schoolhigh school, teachers, classroom, classrooms, principal
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- cliquesclique, in-crowd, in-group, inner circle, queen bee
- student typesjocks, kindergartners, nerds, first graders, geeks
- middle schoolerssixth graders, seventh graders, eighth graders, preteens, honor students
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