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Prepper vs Propper - What's the difference?

prepper | propper |

As nouns the difference between prepper and propper

is that prepper is a student at a prep school while propper is one who or that which props.

prepper

English

Etymology 1

From prep (in (prep school)) + (-er).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, slang) A student at a prep school.
  • (UK, slang) Prep school.
  • *2010 , Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles :
  • *:‘We have a vacancy at a very nice little prepper in North Yorkshire. Cundall Manor.’

    • Etymology 2

    See prepare.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A survivalist; one who actively prepares for emergencies.

    • propper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which props.
  • * 1999 , Sandy Jones, Guide to Baby Products (page 58)
    • Baby proppers pose dangers. The latest information on the relationship between baby positioning and SIDS has led to a multitude of new products designed to prop babies on their sides or backs.
  • * 1973 , Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince (page 47)
    • I do not mean that she stood around in the road, but she moved in a world of business men, golf-club bar proppers and night-club hounds, who certainly regarded her in this light.
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