Hi im English. What's a preppy??

Question

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Answer 1

saomeone who thinks that they are better than you and always are "best friends" with the people they talk crap about constantly when they aren't together. It's often humorous to watch because the people that they tease have REAL friends...

Answer 2

When I was in college, about 25 years ago, the word preppy meant "in the groove of fashion," or flambouyant yet in strict accordance with fashion standards. At various times, polo shirts and turtleneck sweaters have been considered preppy. Today, maybe those half-off-your-butt pants are preppy...but I don't keep up with fashion any more. Preppy means being fashionable, and then some. Stepping ahead of fashion in the direction in which fashion was already going.

Answer 3

It's a style of dress usually associated with yuppies. They wear khaki pants, polo shirts, button down collared shirts, sweaters, sweater vests, etc. The Gap, American Eagle Outfitters, and Abercrombie and Fitch sells this style.

Answer 4

it is not unfavorable or something, quite. that is unquestionably above-easy in comparison to what i might anticipate maximum 14-year-previous ladies to write. the significant ingredient that bothers me is that that is totally predictable, teenage and materialistic. and albeit that is form of demanding. i in my view quite cherished the section with regard to the Juicy denims; that became humorous. however the greater info approximately "a denim mini skirt and a warm purple tank ultimate with white leggings and a purple and white polka dot ballet apartments" and your high quality iPhone and the Hannah Montana doll and the cutsey textual content textile lingo merely approximately look... conceited? that is totally faddy. And the completed freshman falling in unexpected love with an upperclassman ingredient is, nicely, merely demanding. I recommend, that is totally high quality in real life. and likewise completely high quality in a e book. that is in order that cliche. and because while does a guy kiss you after in hassle-free terms understanding you for 5 minutes? however the completed fact approximately Amy Tate, "NO! She has cherished me via fact the fourth grade yet I cant stand her, and she or he kisses like a canines" became quite very humorous. in case you nevertheless write down the story making the guy very outgoing and humorous, you should pull it off. i desire i did not sound too harsh. It quite wasn't that undesirable in any respect. i became merely being picky. teenager books are so not my kind, quite.

Answer 5

everyone says it's someone who's rich and snobby and a biatch, but it really isn't! it's someone who wears ripped cool clothes, it's just a sense of fashion, we're not meanies! i hate meanies, and for all of u to kno, i'm a cool prep, because i kno i have REAL friends, (to emily s who says we don't, some are different! u can't judge like that, it's not cool!) and I'm not those "OMG, I BROKE A NAIL!" ppl, I'm not a girly girl, just a preppy me!

Answer 6

preppy is a type of action. not a noun.

if you are preppy, you wear polos. theres more to it, but i dont want to explain

Answer 7

a preppy is referred to a goodie goodie type rich kid the ones that are arrogant and snobby and act as if daddy will buy their way out of anything

Answer 8

Current usage
The word preppie (or "preppy") has come to refer to people of a certain class, economic status, and ethnic origin. In particular, it is used to describe people from established WASP families. More generally, preppies are people who attended elite college preparatory schools, often boarding schools. Interestingly, the prep school attended is sometimes given more weight than the college subsequently attended, however prestigious the latter. Nevertheless, preppies traditionally go on to some of the nation's top colleges and universities. It is worth noting that a school's eliteness or cost does not necessarily mean that is a preppy college. Preppy culture idealizes athleticism and sociability. The culture also emphasizes deference to tradition and ritual and, generally speaking, disapproval of ostentation. The term "preppie" is associated, not with dramatic designer fashions, but with conservative clothing brands such as The Andover Shop, J. Press, Paul Stuart, J.Crew, Lacoste, Pringle of Scotland, Brooks Brothers, L.L. Bean, Polo Ralph Lauren, Vineyard Vines, Lilly Pulitzer, CK Bradley and Patagonia. An example of preppy attire would be a navy blue blazer, button-down Oxford-cloth shirt, cuffed khakis, and cordovan loafers. Typical vacation spots include Newport, RI, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Kennebunkport and certain other East Coast beaches, often in summer cottages kept in the family for generations and situated between neighbors one has known for some time.

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Slang usage
In recent years, young people have begun to use the term "preppy" as slang to describe those who appear clean-cut or strive to seem better off financially than others in a middle class environment. In most regions, especially amongst young people, this usage has virtually replaced the traditional meaning of the word. Used in this manner, "preppy" is often applied contrary to the term's mainstream meaning stated above, as the slang version most often describes 'nouveau riche', publicly-educated people absorbed in the middle class hypermaterialistic pop culture pursuit of quality-made goods sold at prices for those who can pay for the best and most fashionable. As such, teenagers often apply this slang label to popular clothing not characteristic of "prepdom" such as American Eagle, Aéropostale, Hollister Co., and Abercrombie and Fitch (prior to the original company's bankruptcy in 1977, it in fact was a prep staple). However, the "New England prep" image is still strongly associated with current use of the word. Abercrombie's clothes, for example, often reference lacrosse, rugby, and crew; sports typically linked with the outdoorsy New England lifestyle.

"Preppy" was also A.C. Slater's nickname for Zack Morris in the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell.

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Athletics
The following sports were cited in Lisa Birnbach's Preppy Handbook:

Fencing
Sailing
Rowing
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
Rugby
Skiing
Squash
Tennis
Golf
Horseback Riding
Soccer
Swimming and Diving
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Drinks
The Official Preppy Handbook notes the bloody mary to be the favored mixed drink amongst preppies.

The following liquor brands were cited to be "preppy" in a sequel to The Official Preppy Handbook, Tipsy in Madras:

Gin (Gilbey's, Gordon's)
Rum (Mount Gay & Bacardi)
Scotch (Dewar's, J&B)
Whiskey (Jack Daniel's & Jim Beam)
Vermouth (Martini and Rossi's)
Vodka (Gilbey's, Smirnoff, Gordon's)
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Colleges and Universities
The "Top Ten Preppiest Student Bodies" according to the 2006 edition of the Insider's Guide to Colleges published by Yale Daily News.

Babson College
Colgate University
Middlebury College
Princeton University
Rollins College
Trinity College (Connecticut)
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis
The following were the original preppiest schools according to The Official Preppy Handbook:

Babson College
Hamilton College
Hampden-Sydney College
Hollins College
Lake Forest College
Pine Manor College
Princeton University
St. Lawrence University
Sweet Briar College
University of Virginia
The Runners-Up:

Amherst College
Colby College
Colorado College
Connecticut College
Georgetown University
Reed College
Trinity College (Connecticut)
Vassar College
Williams College
Wheaton College, Massachusetts

Answer 9

well its pretty much just a sort of fashion. its a bit fancier, they got the word from what people wear at prep schools.

Answer 10

a person who shops at American Eagle, Abercrombie and fitch, Pac-sun or Hollister