The word ' clique ' or ' cliquey ' is often used in day - to - day conversation to describe relational aggression or snarky , gossipy behaviors of groups of socially dominant teenage girls .
That is not scientifically accurate .
Although the word ' clique ' or ' cliquey ' is often used in day - to - day conversation to describe relational aggression or snarky , gossipy behaviors of groups of socially dominant teenage girls , that is not scientifically accurate .