brat pack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brat pack
1985–90; modeled on rat pack ( def. )
Example Sentences
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When Kosuke and an irrelevant brat pack of peers find her, they’re magically transported to an ocean haunted by ghosts of buildings long past.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
Ryder and her contemporaries represented a Generation X pushback against the yuppie swagger of the 1980s brat pack of James Spader, Demi Moore, Val Kilmer, Emilio Estevez and Tom Cruise.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
I feel like the brat pack thing was a fabrication by the press and made us sound like we were all hanging out together and partying.
From Time ● Feb. 15, 2015
Lowe's memoir is a must-read for anyone who came of age in the '80s and grew up with John Hughes, the brat pack and "The Outsiders."
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2011
Bret Easton Ellis, author of Less Than Zero and a leader of Manhattan's literary brat pack, has a novel due out next February that is already causing controversy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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