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- noun Alternative spelling of
preppy .
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Examples
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CHETRY: Well, a so-called preppie killer back behind bars this morning.
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ADAORA UDOJI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Surrounded by reporters, Robert Chambers, the so-called preppie killer, headed to court today, his past, though, not far behind.
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The so-called "preppie killer" is now known as inmate 08A4763, incarcerated at Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison near Buffalo.
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Last night, Mark Paul Gosselaar, who played hero Zack Morris (aka preppie), appeared on Fallon to promote his new show,
Prefix 2009
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Robert Chambers, the so-called preppie killer who spent 15 years in prison for strangling a woman during what he called rough sex, has been sentenced to 19 years on a drug charge.
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Based on the book by Erich Segal, Oliver (Ryan O'Neal) and Jenny's (Ali MacGraw) tragic love story shows how a "preppie" and a "social zero" can fall in love despite their different upbringings.
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To the vast number of people seeing Pelletier for the first time tonight, he will come across as some kind of preppie, but nothing could be farther from the truth.
THE SECOND MARK JOY GOODWIN 2004
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KING: When they say "preppie," what did his father do?
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KING: When they say "preppie," what did his father do?
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Robert Chambers, New York's convicted "preppie" murderer, twice caught with marijuana since being imprisoned, filed a lawsuit claiming that prison rules impede his enrollment in a college program that would allow him to train as a drug counselor.
Chicago Reader 2010
whichbe commented on the word preppie
The term originated as a description of someone who attended private university-preparatory schools, commonly associated with the eastern United States; 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. (Wikipedia)
Can be found in a prepicenter.
June 4, 2008