preppy
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- noun
- /ˈprɛpi/
- US
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preppy
- You're not really a preppy, are you?
- preppy look
- preppy kid
Examples
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That preppy-looking guy near the barbecue?
Blog text (10) -
And in school, you have skater kids, preppy kids, the cool kids, the nerds, right?
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I was like this preppy student council, kind of like a little bit nerdy, like bookworm type vibe.
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The men's style comes in preppy nylon and the women's style features classic leather.
Blog text (24) -
PARK - DAY 9: COURT REYNOLDS, an Aryan seventeen-year-old preppy, wears a Polo sweater with an American flag.
Fiction book (1999) -
At the party, all the preppy kids wore matching blazers and ties.
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She always dressed in a preppy style, opting for cardigans and pastel colors.
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His preppy wardrobe included polo shirts and khaki pants, which were popular at his private school.
Synonyms
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5.2
A private secondary school or a student who attends it
Compounds
A neat, classic style of clothing with blazers and ties like private school students wear
How Preppy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preppy comes from prep, short for preparatory, a school that 'prepares' students for college. A preppy is a student from that kind of school, so the word now means someone who dresses and acts in the neat, traditional, and often expensive way of those schools.