yuppie disease

British  

noun

1. informal any of a number of debilitating long-lasting viral disorders associated with stress, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, whose symptoms include muscle weakness, chronic tiredness, and depression

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Example Sentences

And I don’t know why it was viewed as a yuppie vaccine or why Lyme disease would be viewed as a yuppie disease.

From Slate

Although most experts now agree that chronic fatigue syndrome is a real condition, patients have endured dismissive nicknames, such as "yuppie disease," and the lack of a known cause has made it difficult to the shed the notion that patients' symptoms—which include headaches, pain, and severe fatigue not relieved by bed rest—are all in their heads.

From Scientific American

Now, years after the mysterious CFS gained notoriety as the "yuppie disease," the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

While CFS seems to strike young professionals with energetic life-styles particularly hard, CDC's Gunn says it was a mistake to label it a yuppie disease, since it affects "people of all ages, from all walks of life."

From Time Magazine Archive