Preppy vs False - What's the difference?
preppy | false |
relating to things (such as clothing) that are typical of students at prep schools
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A student of a prep school.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As adjectives the difference between preppy and false
is that preppy is relating to things (such as clothing) that are typical of students at prep schools while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun preppy
is a student of a prep school.preppy
English
Alternative forms
* preppieAdjective
(en-adj)- So, Jam, who did your wardrobe, Tad the preppie sailboat captain?
Usage notes
Usually derogatory, and often implying undeserved wealth.Noun
(preppies)Synonyms
* posh (UK)false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}
