yuppie

or yup·py

[yuhp-ee]

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noun (often initial capital letter)

a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.

Origin of yuppie

1980–85, Americanism; y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional) + -ie

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Related Words for yuppie

clone, suit, button-down

Examples from the Web for yuppie

Contemporary Examples of yuppie

Because in 1980, yuppie culture was just beginning to blossom.
Hillbilly Heaven: The History of Small-Batch Bourbon
Dane Huckelbridge
March 29, 2014
If you met him in a bar, he might be all likkered up and decide he wants to kick your pasty, yuppie ass just for the hell of it.
Getting Behind the Russia Plan
Michael Tomasky
September 10, 2013
I do realize this response makes me seem two-thirds boring and one-third yuppie, proportions that are, alas, accurate.
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Noah Charney
June 26, 2013
The specter of the yuppie is simply raised from time to time to remind the viewer of the "real" Bostonians' essential qualities.
Enough With the Boston Movies!
Ben Crair
December 9, 2010
And here Paul does appear to speak for his generation: He has given us the finest example yet of yuppie selfishness in senescence.
The Biggest Rand Paul Outrage Yet
Kent Sepkowitz
June 15, 2010

British Dictionary definitions for yuppie

yuppie

yuppy

noun (sometimes capital)

an affluent young professional person

adjective

typical of or reflecting the values characteristic of yuppies

Derived Formsyuppiedom, noun

Word Origin for yuppie

C20: from y (oung) u (rban) or up (wardly mobile) p (rofessional) + -ie

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Word Origin and History for yuppie

1982, acronym from "young urban professional," ousting competition from yumpie (1984), from "young upward-mobile professional," and yap (1984), from "young aspiring professional." The word was felt as an insult by 1985.