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Charlie Black:
Well, I don't think "preppy" is a very useful term. I mean, it might be descriptive for someone who is still in school or college; but, it's ridiculous to refer to a man in his 70s, like Averell Harriman, as a "preppy". And none of the other terms people use - WASP, P.L.U., et cetera - are of much use either. And that's why I prefer the term "U.H.B." Nick Smith:
What? Charlie Black:
U.H.B. It's an acronym for Urban Haute Bourgeoisie. Cynthia McLean:
Is our language so impoverished that we have to use acronyms or French phrases to make ourselves understood?
Well, I don't think "preppy" is a very useful term. I mean, it might be descriptive for someone who is still in school or college; but, it's ridiculous to refer to a man in his 70s, like Averell Harriman, as a "preppy". And none of the other terms people use - WASP, P.L.U., et cetera - are of much use either. And that's why I prefer the term "U.H.B." Nick Smith:
What? Charlie Black:
U.H.B. It's an acronym for Urban Haute Bourgeoisie. Cynthia McLean:
Is our language so impoverished that we have to use acronyms or French phrases to make ourselves understood?
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Well I don't think preppy is a very useful term
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I mean it might be descriptive for someone who is still in school or college
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but it's ridiculous to refer to a man in his 70s like Averell Harriman as a preppy
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And none of the other terms people use WASP P L U et cetera are of much use either
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And that's why I prefer the term U H B
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What U H B
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It's an acronym for urban haute bourgeoisie
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Is our language so impoverished
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that we have to use acronyms or French phrases to make ourselves understood
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Movie Summary
A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
