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| Fashions | |
| name | Preppy |
|---|---|
| era | Modern |
| type | Aesthetic |
| date | 1970-present |
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Preppy, also spelled preppie, is a chiefly North American adjective or noun traditionally used in relation to northeastern private university-preparatory schools, as well as those who attend some of America's prestigious private colleges and universities. These characteristics include particular subcultural speech, vocabulary, accent, dress, mannerisms, etiquette, and entitled (assuming privilege) life view. The term "preppy" is similar in formation to yuppie, and it had great currency in the 1970s and 1980s. The term first reached a wider audience in the 1970 film Love Story, where Ali MacGraw's character uses it as a derisive term of endearment.
The associated verb prep is also is used as an abbreviation of prepared or attended secondary school. The more recent slang derivation prep has taken on an often derogatory meaning, associated not with any particular race, community or schools. In slang it is specially as used by young people, "prep" more generally denotes superficiality and preoccupation with appearance and wealth; see slang usage below.
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