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preppy pause

A phenomenon of early '80s New Wave dance music (supposedly attractive to preppies of the era), where the song is interrupted by a moment or two of silence.
The Howard Jones song "Welcome to Conditioning" has a preppy pause.
by Tomte November 16, 2005
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