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preppy, a. U.S. School and College slang.|ˈprɛpɪ|
Also preppie.
[f. prep n. and a. + -y1.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pupil at a preparatory school (see preparatory a. 2 a); immature; (see also quot. 1980). Also as n., a pupil at a preparatory school. Hence ˈpreppiness.
1900Dialect Notes II. i. 51 Preppy, silly, immature. 1970New York 16 Nov. 52/3 His first year as a preppie had left Junius feeling like a pound of plaster of Paris. 1971M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 10 When he finally did ask,..it was in a casual preppy voice. 1975B. Meggs Matter of Paradise i. iii. 30 All you preppies had those funny names. Ibid. iii. vi. 98 Bubbling along now in his keen preppie way. 1977New Yorker 11 July 80/2 They are wearable, stylish, practical translations of the all⁓American look—of preppiness and of L. L. Bean. 1978N.Y. Times 6 May 12/4 The pair of loafers my sons refuse to own because they're too preppy. 1980W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 30 Mar. 9 The word that sums up the rage of the fashion world is ‘preppie’... Suddenly, neatness counts, the buttons are down, the sweaters and skirts are back. |