ANN ALTHOUSE ON “THE SQUAD:” “I am going to guess that talk of a circular firing squad — there’s been a lot of that — led to calling the 4 Congresswomen ‘The Squad.’ That would explain why the explanation of the origin is suppressed.”

Alternative source: “A dumb word only used by white middle schoolers in suburban areas to describe their group of friends and try to sound ghetto. It doesnt make them sound ghetto, but actually increases their whiteness.”