white-shoe

Meanings

Noun

A stereotypical male Ivy League college student.

Adjective

Effeminate or immature.
Establishment; pertaining to mainstream US social power-structures.

Origin

For the noun, from their traditional footwear. For the adjective, from the preponderance of Ivy League graduates hired by such firms.

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