brat pack

American  

noun

1. a successful, highly confident, and often close-knit group of famous young people, as actors.

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Etymology

Origin of brat pack

1985–90; modeled on rat pack ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

When I was on the train to see my parents in Stockholm as a teenager in the embassy brat pack, I’d assume a different nationality from the station each time.

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2018

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