The word preppie (or "preppy") has come to refer to people of a certain class, economic status, and ethnic origin. In particular, it is used to describe people from established WASP families. More generally, preppies are people attended elite college preparatory schools, oftentimes boarding schools. Interestingly, the prep school attended is sometimes given more weight than the college subsequently attended, however prestigious the latter. Nevertheless, preppies traditionally go on to some of the nation's top colleges and universities. It is worth noting that a school's eliteness or cost does not necessarily mean that is a preppy college. A true preppie—or perhaps more aptly, the preppy ideal—is athletic, articulate, and sociable. Further, a love of time-hallowed convention and ritual along with an abhorrence of anything suggesting ostentation are central characteristics of preppies. The term "preppie" is associated, not with dramatic designer fashions, but with conservative clothing brands such as The Andover Shop, J. Press, Paul Stuart, J.Crew, Lacoste, Brooks Brothers, L.L. Bean, Polo Ralph Lauren, Vineyard Vines, Lilly Pulitzer and Patagonia. A standard, makes-a-neat-appearance preppie uniform would be a navy blue blazer, button-down Oxford-cloth shirt, cuffed khakis, and cordovan loafers. Likely vacation spots would include Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Kennebunkport and certain other East Coast beaches, preferably in summer cottages kept in the family for generations and situated between neighbors one has known for some time.

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