# "A Rabbi and a glam squad walk into a bar..."...Brits: What's a glam squad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 28, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364 "2017-01-28T03:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/1 "2017-01-28T03:50:37Z")
I couldn’t resist setting up the query waiting for a punch line, but actually, according to [this Brit news report](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4166088/The-Kushners-break-bread-Team-Trump.html), a Rabbi and “members of a glam squad” were seen entering President Trump’s daughter’s house preparatory to a Shabbat dinner. I’ve put in my fair share of time studying the sacred texts, but “glam squad” never came up. What is one? I also note that the article says that the couple now is a “suburbian” one–a word I’ve never seen. How common is it? [One before I rashly said “that’s a Brit word, right?” and was told by a compatriot “No it’s not you provincial New Yorker.” So I’m more hesitant now.] ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/2 "2017-01-28T03:59:22Z")
Urbandictionary is your friend: > [@](#): > > [glam squad](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glam%20squad) > > Glam squad is part of a celebrity’s entourage, the staff responsible for hair, make-up, wardrobe, etc. The squad preens their VIP boss, especially before an interview or public appearance. > > _Brittany’s glam squad got her ready for the concert._ > > [Suburbian](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Suburbian) > > The supposed “Picture perfect American family.” Usually a 9 to 5 father, with a stay at home mother, with a talkitive drama queen daughter, and a football jocky/baseball player son. Have smiles plastered to their face. > \* > Mandy(suburbian1): “Gee, billy, what can we do today!” > Billy(Suburbian2):“Let’s try to cheer up that dark depressed goth kid! He’ll enjoy it!” > “Goth kid”(poser):“Leave me alone, im conjuring the dead.”\* ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/3 "2017-01-28T04:02:07Z")
So it’s pan US-Anglo? ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/4 "2017-01-30T01:09:22Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > So it’s pan US-Anglo? I wouldn’t say that either term is common in BrE. I note that the author of the Daily Mail piece, Kaileen Gaul, is an American. I’ve no idea who did the subediting, or where it was done. Much of the content for mailonline is generated outside the UK by non-UK writers and staff, and with a non-UK audience in mind, so I wouldn’t take it as an exemplar of BrE. I note that the article is generally written in AmE = e.g. makeup artists are seen “standing outside of” the Kusners’ home; a BrE writer would say “standing outside” the Kushners’ home. A week ago the couple were “likely getting dressed” for the inaugural ball. They “celebrate Shabat Friday evening” instead of celebrating Shabat _on_ Friday evening. Etc, etc, etc. All this would be intelligible to a BrE reader, but it’s distinctively AmE. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/5 "2017-01-30T01:56:21Z")
Interesting style notes. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/6 "2017-01-30T04:19:13Z")
Well, a Rabbi, Freddie Mercury, Marc Bolan, Lou Reed and Slade walk into a bar… ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/7 "2017-01-31T18:51:21Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > Well, a Rabbi, Freddie Mercury, Marc Bolan, Lou Reed and Slade walk into a bar… … and the bartender said, “I’m a frayed knot.” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rabbi-and-a-glam-squad-walk-into-a-bar-brits-whats-a-glam-squad/778364/8 "2017-01-31T20:04:31Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > So it’s pan US-Anglo? “Glam squad” is definitely American. > **[Golden Globes 2017: Nicole Kidman's Beauty Look (Exclusive)](https://people.com/style/golden-globes-2017-nicole-kidman-hair-and-makeup/)** > > Nicole Kidman's glam squad spills their secrets