Plastics

Plastics (noun / US Slang, from Mean Girls)

(Also heard as: The Plastics, Plastic)

Definition:

The Plastics are a glamorous, popular and cliquey friend group that rules the school. The word is now used for any fake, status-obsessed clique.

Where Plastics Comes From:

It comes from Mean Girls (2004), where Regina George, Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith are the school’s queen bees, nicknamed “the Plastics”. “Plastic” has long been slang for fake or superficial.

How People Actually Use Plastics:

Used humorously for a polished, popular friend group: “we’re basically the Plastics”. It can also be an insult for fake people.

Is Plastics Rude?

It can be, when it calls someone fake. As a movie joke among friends it is light.

Examples in the Wild:

• “We matched in pink on Wednesday. Total Plastics.”Meaning: We looked like the film’s clique.
• “She only hangs with the Plastics.”Meaning: She sticks to the popular, snobby group.
• “Don’t be so plastic.”Meaning: Don’t be fake.

Similar Slang:

Pick Me, Baddie, Frenemy, Basic

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