Squad Goals
Dead🦕AncientDefinition
An aspirational group friendship or activity that you want to emulate with your own friend group. 'Squad goals' = 'I wish my friend group did that.' Peak 2015-2016.
Translation for Parents
It meant 'I wish my friend group was like that.' Seeing a photo of friends on a beach vacation? Squad goals. It was peak Instagram-era slang. It's now only found in the captions of Instagram posts from 2016 and in the vocabulary of people who peaked in 2016.
Examples
“Those friends matching at Coachella? Squad goals.”
“Those friends wearing matching outfits at Coachella represent the ideal friend group.”
“We're actual squad goals rn”
“Our friend group is currently living the ideal friendship experience”
Cringe Score
Grounds for emancipation
This died so long ago that saying it now is almost retro-cool. Almost. We're not there yet. Give it another 5 years and it'll be ironic gold.
Category
compliment
Peak
2015-09
Last Verified
2026-02-25
Sources
editorial