yuppify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of yuppify
First recorded in 1980–85; yupp(ie) ( def. ) + -ify ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Yacht Rock was meant to signify deluxe, yuppified, “smooth” music suitable for playing on luxury nautical craft.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2020
Despite Lear’s example, television immediately filled that void with yuppified sitcoms in which characters lived inwardly, in apathetic bliss and enviable creature comforts.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2018
“I was shocked to my stomach when I saw it on the news,” Lindsay said from Dupont Circle, DC’s historically gay but now yuppified neighbourhood.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2017
The city’s elite are hoping to jettison their hockey mom, lock ’n’ load image in favor of a yuppified bedroom community.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 4, 2011
Scruples Inventor Henry Makow had been contemplating the shift in morality from the righteous '60s to the yuppified '80s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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