YUPPIE Definition & Meaning

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yuppie

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[ yuhp-ee ]

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noun

plural yuppies.

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

yuppie

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noun

an affluent young professional person

adjective

typical of or reflecting the values characteristic of yuppies

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of yuppie¹

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of yuppie¹

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

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“Die yuppie scum” was one of the main slogans of my teen years, so in that context, it was not cool.

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Some doctors dismissed it as psychosomatic and called it “yuppie flu.”

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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.

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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.

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

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