Dictionary.com has an article about the current meaning:

https://www.dictionary.com/e/the-new-meaning-of-preppy/

Weird they do not even mention tiktok trend to intentionally mistype words (originally to circumvent certain content filters).

I would guess there is some link between this trend and the word `pretty`, but I'm no linguist or tiktoker

> adjective used to describe someone who dresses in fashion associated with college preparatory (“prep”) school that gives the impression of old money

I thought it was about stocking life supplies in the basement though.

That's prepper not preppy

Isn't that the old, pre gen alpha definition?

I thought so, but apparently no

> We all know what the word preppy means, right? It’s the word we use to describe those rich kids that look down on anyone whose shoes cost less than a car. It’s the perfect word to describe the pompousness and snootiness of the crustiest of the upper crust.