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Social Sciences - Psychology / Peer influence | | English term or phrase: jock crowd | | XXX described the social system in a high school that featured two dominant groups embroiled in an oppositional relationship: When a leader of the "jock" crowd sported a new clothng style, many of her fellow jocks would rush to buy similar clothes, while the opposing group, the "burnouts", would imediately dismiss this new look. |
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5 mins confidence:   Sportler
Explanation:
There is probably a better term in German but a jock is basically a sporty person in US English.
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-05-07 13:04:56 GMT)
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Jock crowd would be group of sporty people. I'll leave it to the native DE speakers to find the best answer
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