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preppy

[prep-ee] / ˈprɛp i /
ADJECTIVE
characteristic of a prep school
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Croatia must travel to Dallas, Toronto and Philadelphia for its group games, but it will recover between those matches in the preppy boarding-school confines of Episcopal High School in the D.C. suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Having gone to Ault on scholarship, Lee recalls that “I always felt I was implicitly apologizing for not being sufficiently rich and preppy and privileged.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

The show formerly starred singer Reneé Rapp, who played the preppy mean girl with a heartwarming coming-out arc, but since Rapp’s departure, the half-hour comedy has fully leaned into the show’s absurdity.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025

The crowd in the dining room was a mix of older and younger, but most people were dressed on the preppy side in gingham and Ralph Lauren.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2024

Kim was sitting at the next table over with two other preppy girls.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell



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