Yumpie

or Yum·py

[ yuhm-pee ]

/ ˈyʌm pi /

noun (sometimes lowercase)

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

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Origin of Yumpie

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

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