Word: prephead
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Though in many subcultures vacation rank among the most symbolic of status symbols, few can legitimately add a trip there to their social resume. Any would be prephead who smugly remarks he has "a cottage near Hamilton," a town known for its night-life and shops full of duty-free liquor, is likely lying, because the Fermudan government has made it virtually impossible or foreigners to buy into choice property zones...
Moreover, the Houses' ingrained institutional characters--jocky, wonky, artsy, prephead--are not going to go away as long as the preference-based system lets students live with the folks they choose. Or, as is more often the case these days, select their House as a way to avoid stereotypes they fear and loathe...
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