preppy
nounEtymology From prep + -y.
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US A student of a prep school.
preppy
adjUS /ˈpɹɛ.pi/
Etymology From prep + -y.
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US, Derogatory, Often Being or relating to something (such as clothing) that is typical of students at prep schools.
- I'll pick you up after the party. Let's see, there'll be all that deep preppy conversation, preppy dancing, piles of preppy fun. Party starts at nine, I'll pick you up at nine fifteen.1983, Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz, High School U.S.A. (motion picture), spoken by Jay-Jay Manners (Michael J. Fox):
- So, Jam, who did your wardrobe, Tad the preppie sailboat captain?1999, Carl V. Dupré, Detroit Rock City (motion picture), spoken by Trip (James DeBello):
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- Take off all your preppy clothes / You know, you're not foolin' / Anyone when you become / Somebody else 'round everyone else / You're watchin' your back like you can't relax / You're tryna be cool / You look like a fool to me2004, “Complicated”, in Graham Edwards, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Avril Lavigne (lyrics), Let Go, performed by Avril Lavigne:
- Derived terms
- preppily, preppiness