yuppie

or yup·py

[ yuhp-ee ]

/ ˈyʌp i /

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noun, plural yup·pies.

(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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Origin of yuppie

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

Words nearby yuppie

yum-yum, Yung Lo, Yunnan, yup, Yupik, yuppie, yuppie disease, yuppie flu, yuppify, yupster, Yurak

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How to use yuppie in a sentence

It’s also an “American problem, a yuppie problem, a badge of success,” as Jill Lepore wrote in The New Yorker last year.
There’s a problem with the way we talk about burnout|Sarah Todd|July 18, 2022|Quartz
Having catered to the hustle-like, yuppie millennials who would forgo their lunch breaks to eat a $15 salad at their desk, Sweetgreen had been hit hard by the pandemic.
Sweetgreen warns that remote work is a threat to its success|Michelle Cheng|October 29, 2021|Quartz
Part of what led that wave of yuppies coming in, was a sense of, “Oh my God, here’s my chance to make money.”
How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus)|Kurt Andersen|March 21, 2021|Freakonomics
Because in 1980, yuppie culture was just beginning to blossom.
Hillbilly Heaven: The History of Small-Batch Bourbon|Dane Huckelbridge|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In April 1992, U.S. News and World Report, called her the “overbearing yuppie wife from hell.”
The GOP's History of Sexist Hillary-Bashing|Sam Kleiner|December 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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.
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I do realize this response makes me seem two-thirds boring and one-third yuppie, proportions that are, alas, accurate.
Curtis Sittenfeld: How I Write|Noah Charney|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for yuppie

yuppie

yuppy

/ (ˈjʌpɪ) /

noun (sometimes capital)

an affluent young professional person

adjective

typical of or reflecting the values characteristic of yuppies

Derived forms of yuppie

yuppiedom, noun

Word Origin for yuppie

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

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yuppie

or yup·py

Origin of yuppie

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British Dictionary definitions for yuppie

yuppy

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