Groups

Need a gang or posse? Pick from one of these:
art herd
associates
beautiful people
chatterati
cheer squads
circle
claque
clique
commentariat
confreres (especially when these are fellow-tramps)
coterie
dark forces (shadowy group blamed for anything you like)
digerati
dwarf stars and bit players (Richard Lacayo on the NY art market)
elbow roomers In geography and urban planning, elbow roomers are people who leave a city for the countryside to seek more land and greater freedom from governmental and neighborhood interference. Some are carrying out activities such as large-scale gardening, the raising of horses or other animals, or farming, or otherwise have a genuine need for the space. Others wish to pursue a rural lifestyle for reasons unrelated to space itself. Elbow roomers are often said to contribute to urban sprawl, though some authorities claim they are a part of the natural evolution of the edges of urban areas. (Wikipedia)
elite
entourage
faction
fashion pack
following
gang
gentlebeings
God squad
groupuscule
haute boheme
in-group
muserati
mutual admiration society
pondlife
prawn sandwich brigade (football liggers who only go for the corporate hospitality)
rentamob
sect
self-righteous eco-prigs Times Aug 8 07
set
smug marrieds
The Hay Stack (Hay on Wye groupies)
the high heid yins (what the Scots call TPTB or The Powers That Be)
train (group of people who trail after a VIP)