preppy
/ˈprɛpi
/(also preppie) informal, chiefly US
noun (plural preppies)
A pupil or graduate of an expensive prep school, or a person resembling such a pupil in dress or appearance.That's an expensive private school for preppies, right?...
- I'm guessing that you don't know anyone yet, and the preppies won't be befriending you anytime soon, so why don't you sit at my table at lunch.
- Timothy always seemed like the kind of guy who would go for the preppies.
adjective (preppier, preppiest)
Of or typical of a pupil or graduate of an expensive prep school, especially with reference to their neat style of dress: the preppy look...
- He looked much like my friends with the preppy style.
- It runs like an upmarket American holiday camp, with a 100% preppy house-party atmosphere.
- Even though I had enjoyed high school, in the eyes of my white, rich, preppy peers, I was as an outcast.
Origin
Early 20th century: from prep school + -y2.
Rhymes
- Moreno Valley
- Morenu
- more often than not
- more or less
- Moreot
- Moreote
- moreover
- morepork
- more power to your elbow! (or to you etc.)
- mores
- tight-fisted
- tight-fitting
- tight head
- tight junction
- tight-knit
- tightline
- tightlining
- tight-lipped
- tightly
- tightly knit
- tight money
- tightness
- tightrope
- tights
- tightwad