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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Bourgeois parents pushing them down yuppified city streets are saying something about themselves and to each other, not unlike a teen with a muscle car revving down a small-town boulevard.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2020
It makes sense, too, because Huntington has never really recovered from the collapse of its manufacturing economy, and the market is billed as economic development rather than some yuppified import from the coasts.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2019
“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
The skeptics view Lauren's claims of "good taste" as a euphemism for yuppified conformity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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