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buppie

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Bup⋅py

  [buhp-ee]
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–noun, plural -pies.
a young, upwardly mobile black professional.
Also, Buppie.

Origin:
1980–85, Americanism; b(lack) u(rban) p(rofessional), on the model of yuppie
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bup·pie   (bŭp'ē)   
n.   Informal
A young Black city or suburban resident with a well-paid professional job and an affluent lifestyle.

[b(lack) + (y)uppie.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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