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‘[J]ocks, smart kids, popular kids, and deviants are said by adolescent researchers to be standard in American high schools’

September 8, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

I quite like “the dirts,” which is a new one on me:

Then there’s a grab-bag group: kids into drama and band (“drama fags,” “band fags,” “drama geeks,” “band geeks,” etc.), as well as “gang bangers,” “girly girls,” “cholos,” “Asian Pride” (and other racial and ethnic groups, like “FOBs”—a derogatory term referring to recent immigrants), “Gay Pride,” and depending on the region “plowjocks” (also ag students, or “aggies,” “hicks,” “cowboys,” and “rednecks”) and “Wangsters” (who are “wannabe” gangsters).

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