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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of us new to US but in the college search...What do you mean preppy?[/quote] Preppy became a very popular term and fashion sense in the 1980's. It references prep school (preparatory schools), which are expensive elite private boarding schools that (usually) wealthy old-money people can go to for high school. The stereotypical look is polo shirts, khaki pants, docksider boat shoes. Madras plaid, pastels, Vineyard vines, etc. I think it now is shorthand for both a fashion look and being elite / wealthy / privileged. It can have the connotation of clean-cut, or it can have the connotation of elitist/privileged. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preppy[/quote]
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