in-crowd
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- noun
- /ˈɪnˌkraʊd/
- Informal
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grupo de élite
- To be successful in high school, you often need to be part of the in-crowd that sets the trends.
- part of the in-crowd
And then we've created this generation of kids that's raised on a sugar diet of pop culture and social media and being in the in crowd with retweets.
- And then we've created this generation of kids that's raised on a sugar diet of pop culture and social media and being in the in crowd with retweets.
- No girlfriend wasn't in with the in crowd at all.
Examples
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When my children started school, I told them that the feeling of being different and not fitting in is how everyone feels, whether they are perceived as being in the in-crowd or not.
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That's right, it's gonna be the show for the in crowd.
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And I think it's just because we want to kind of be a part of that in crowd, so to speak.
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Most of us can say that at one point in time we wanted to be recognized as being in the "in crowd."
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And the trendy in-crowd indeed.
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The Freshies were never part of the in-crowd.
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He's part of the cool "in-crowd."
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But when you are a teen, unless you are part of the "in-crowd," you invariably feel different, whatever your exterior.
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The "revenge of the nerds" had exploded in a middle-class suburban high school where losers and outsiders had traditionally acquiesced to the rule of the "in crowd."
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Lengthens childhood; our children are free to be children; there's no pressure to be like the 'in-crowd' or to follow any worldly trends. Homeschooled children are often described as 'childlike yet mature.'
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Synonyms
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8.6
Famous stylish people who go to glamorous events
A group of people who like new clothes and styles
A group of people who think they are better than others
A group of people who are rich and try to seem better than others
A group of young people who work in the city and act like they are better than others
Antonyms
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
In-crowd comes from the parts in ('inside') and crowd, which gives the image of people who are 'inside' the main group. So the in-crowd is the small group seen as fashionable and popular.