Yumpie

or Yum·py

[ yuhm-pee ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. a young, well-educated person who has a professional career and aspires to a higher social and economic status; yuppie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yumpie¹

1980–85, Americanism; y(oung) u(pwardly) m(obile) p(rofessional) (or p(erson) ) + -ie; yuppie