Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: what does "preppy" mean?

Sto leggendo un libro dove c'è un tizio "preppy"...
Sul mio vocabolario e su Google non ho trovato cosa esattamente questo 
aggettivo significhi...
Ma su Google immagini, sotto la voce "preppy", compaiono dei tipi dark, il 
che potrebbe farmi pensare che "preppy" si riferisca ad uno stile di vita...
Oltre al significato del termine, magari mi date qualche info in proposito?
Grazie, ciao.

 Sto leggendo un libro dove c'è un tizio "preppy"...
Deriva da Preparatory School.
Su 
www.onelook.com
 trovi le definizioni.
Qui trovi la spiegazione:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=preppy
Per chi legge offline:
Definizione del Merriam-Webster: 
1 : a student at or a graduate of a preparatory school
2 : a person deemed to dress or behave like a preppy
Spiegazione di Urbandictionary:
1. preppy 
A true preppy is someone who:
Wears, but is not limited to, Polo, Lilly, Brooks Brothers, Lacoste, LL
Bean (ie duck boots), ribbon belts, prints (ie cords with embroidered
whales, palm trees, etc), sweaters tied around the neck, collar always
popped, looks neat and put together. Hair ribbons or ribbon headbands,
pearls, and other classic jewelry pull the look together. Preppies are
partial to monogrammed and engraved items (ie tote bags, oxford shirts,
jewelry, money clips, etc). Colors are always brite (favorites include pink
and lime green). Preppies may not always match EXACTLY but they are always
coordinated. Hats are worn (ie polo player, Lacoste, Brooks Brothers), but
they are unique- not designs you would see in the mainstream and the
"mall".
Preppies often attend prep schools (ie Middlesex School, Governor Dummer
Academy, and Belmont Hill) followed by New England private colleges. 
They are confident and unafraid to express their own styles and be daring
in their fashions. Preppies vacation on Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard,
Delray Beach, and on the coast of Maine. These vacation locales are places
their families have been going to for years, and have histories there. 
It is a common misconception that preppies are snobs. Many people view them
as unapproachable, and as a result mislabel them. Preppies are not as rich
as people may think they are, but they are often well off. They buy into
classics rather than trends, and don't change their lifestyles with fads. 
Preppies tend to have bizarre connections with other preppies they meet,
always finding mutual friends/ family and people that run in the same
circle. 
Preppies don't:
* Wear tight, skin exposing clothing (ie fitted Abercrombie sexual tshirts
with tight flared jeans)
* Limit themselves to mall shopping and chain stores. They gravitate
towards long-established classic stores and boutiques unique to quaint New
England towns. 
* Wear heavy makeup and endless hair products. The phrase "less is more" is
a preppy creed. 
* Glue purses to their arms, especially when going to school. Lip gloss and
if need be, a wallet, are thrown into tote bags along with books.
Sebastiano

 Spiegazione di Urbandictionary:
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Mah, in pratica gente suonata.
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Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio
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Qui "preppy" è ironico.
This is preppy: 
www.rosasen.com
 
http://fashion.about.com/cs/teentrends/tp/preppy.htm
Sebastiano

 
L'ho sentito usare negli States riferendosi a persone particolarmente 
tirate, vestite tutto firmato per intenderci.
Ciau
IceCool

 
http://fashion.about.com/cs/teentrends/tp/preppy.htm
Ma qua non c'è nessuna foto!
:-))
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 tirate, vestite tutto firmato per intenderci.
Ecco, figli di papà tipo i paninari.
-- 
Mary

 :-))
Ti hanno privato dell'abilità della lettura? ;)
Sebastiano

 Ecco, figli di papà tipo i paninari.
I fighètti. ;)
Sebastiano

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A "preppy" is a student at an exclusive, private, college-preparatory
american high school, but is also much more than that.
There are many college-preparatory high schools to which ordinary
students have access, by passing entrance examinations.
The true "prep" school is a finishing school  intended for the
children of the wealthy, in which they will not be exposed to the
harmful aspects of society, and family rather than academic ability is
the key to gaining entrance.
The vast majority of "preppies" come from well-to-do families, and it
is not uncommon for several generations of a family to attend the same
school.
Of course, generous donations by alumni assure that the next
generation will be admitted to the school, regardless of
qualifications.
The true prep schools are boarding schools, so students live away from
their families, and thus are somewhat isolated from their home towns,
and from the life of the "ordinary" high school students in their home
towns.
The majority (but not all) of "preppies" are WASPS. (White Anglo-Saxon
Protestants).
The goal of the preppie is to attend an Ivy-League university.
Some famous preppies: George W. Bush, John Kerry, Holden Caulfield,
Arlo Guthrie.
The word "preppie" is generally considered a pejorative, and has come
to mean someone who dresses in a way which identifies him as a
preppie, moves in a social circle which includes only his own kind,
flaunts his status, looks down at "ordinary" people (especially
working-class people), speaks in a way which identifies his class, and
avoids the onus of work until well into his twenties.
Joe from Massachusetts

 
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I don't think so. Robin Williams is a prep-school teacher in "Dead Poets
Society"; a bad prep-school...
Bye, FB
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person, knowing that I would recognize your voice, would say "It's me". If
you said "It is I", I would not be nearly so inclined to let you in.
(Geoffrey K. Pullum - 
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 Già. :)
My God!
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 I fighètti. ;)
I San Carlini!!!!!! :-D
Nebo

Appunto: liceali di famiglia borghese con abbigliamento, abitudini (e
valori?) classici/conservatori.
La prep school americana (da non confondere con quella inglese, che e'
una scuola privata per bambini dai 7 ai 13 anni, 11 per le bambine) e'
un liceo privato (spesso collegio) che prepara appunto all'universita'-
l'equivalente di un nostro liceo classico o scientifico.
Il preppy americano e' l'equivalente della Sloane Ranger inglese e dei
BCBG francesi.