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Squad Goals

Dead๐Ÿฆ•Ancient
#ancient#instagram-era#friendship

Definition

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

Brainrot:

โ€œThose friends matching at Coachella? Squad goals.โ€

English:

โ€œThose friends wearing matching outfits at Coachella represent the ideal friend group.โ€

Brainrot:

โ€œWe're actual squad goals rnโ€

English:

โ€œOur friend group is currently living the ideal friendship experienceโ€

Cringe Score

9.0/10 cringe

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

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