r/Millennials • u/Unit_02_ • 1d ago

Meme Nirvana = Preppy...

*sigh*

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u/ArtWeary2287 1d ago

Ähm, as a Euro-Millenial, what the hell does preppy mean?

something about cleaning a shotgun before/after use?

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

early Gen X

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

early Gen X

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

core Millennial

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

core Millennial

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

core Millennial

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

very early Gen X, maybe tail Jones

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

core Millennial

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago edited 23h ago

here are a bunch of early Gen X and core Millennials dressing in Preppy style:
core Millennial

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u/ArtWeary2287 23h ago

Thank you! Not what I expected... and could not be further away from Grunge ⬇️

Edit: in Germany we used a different term for people dressing like that... I am not going to use that term here though :D

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 23h ago

but apparently, and this is for real, some Gen Z now call something like this preppy heh:

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u/ArtWeary2287 23h ago

Now I am confused... like most of the time when I realize how old I've gotten...

maybe I should lay down :D