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yuppies

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yup⋅pie

  [yuhp-ee]
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–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

yup⋅py

  [yuhp-ee]
–noun, plural -pies. (often initial capital letter)
yuppie.
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yup·pie   (yŭp'ē)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
yuppie [ˈjəpi]

and yuppy
  1. n.
    a young urban professional. : The yuppies are getting a lot of flack these days.
  2. mod.
    having to do with yuppies. : I don't want to drive one of those yuppie cars.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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