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Yumpie

American  
[yuhm-pee] / ˈyʌm pi /
Or Yumpy

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

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

Etymology

Origin of Yumpie

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

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But Hart has great appeal among California's large Yumpie population, particularly in high-tech Silicon Valley.

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