yuppie

American  

[yuhp-ee] / ˈyʌp i /

Or yuppy

noun

plural

yuppies

1. (often initial capital letter) a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.

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yuppie British  

/ ˈjʌpɪ /

noun

1. an affluent young professional person

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adjective

1. typical of or reflecting the values characteristic of yuppies

Other Word Forms

• yuppiedom noun

Etymology

Origin of yuppie

First recorded in 1980–85, y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional) + -ie

Example Sentences

Dubbing it “the Californian Ideology,” they argued that the “new faith” blended the “freewheeling spirit of the hippies with the entrepreneurial zeal of the yuppies.”

From Salon

He said only a yuppie — “you know, those people who work in a bank during the day and only go to concerts at night” — would think he wasn’t.

From Los Angeles Times

She leaned into her academic background, fashioning herself as a yuppie villain, wearing power suits and professing her admiration for Hillary Clinton, according to the WWE.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Pita, fluent in English and backed by strong support from younger Thais, appears in public as a jovial yuppie brimming with bright ideas, confident that he can overcome the constitutional hurdles in his path.

From Washington Times

Like many of that vintage, the hippie eventually turned yuppie.

From Seattle Times