Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

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.
Show More

Origin of Yumpie

1980–85, Americanism; y(oung) u(pwardly) m(obile) p(rofessional) (or p(erson)) + -ie; cf. yuppie
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018