Brat Pack

bratpack English Etymology en brat Rat Pack. Proper noun Brat Pack 1 en informal film historical A group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s. en informal literature historical A group of young authors who emerged on the East Coast in the 1980s. en Edward Wyatt Bret Easton Ellis: The Man in the Mirror The New York Times 2005-08-07 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/arts/bret-easton-ellis-the-man-in-the-mirror.html 0362-4331 Introduced as the bad boy of American letters, the brattiest of the Brat Pack that included Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz and other chroniclers of young Reagan-era angst, Mr. Ellis has achieved over the last 20 years a level of notoriety and acclaim that has eluded most of his peers. https://web.archive.org/web/20251005072821/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/arts/bret-easton-ellis-the-man-in-the-mirror.html 5 October 2025 Further reading Brat Pack (literary)