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yup·pie

[yuhp-ee] Pronunciation Key

–noun (often initial capital letter

)

a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.

Also, yuppy.

[Origin: 1980–85, Americanism; y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional) + -ie

]

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yup·pie (yŭp'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. Informal
A young city or suburban resident with a well-paid professional job and an affluent lifestyle.

[y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional), influenced by yippie.]

yup'pie·dom n.

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yuppie

1982, acronym from "young urban professional," ousting competition from yumpie (1984), from "young upward-mobile professional," and yap (1984), from "young aspiring professional." The word was felt as an insult by 1985.

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yuppie
noun
a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style

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American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This

yuppie
young urban professional

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