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yuppie
[yuhp-ee]
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
/ ˈʌɪ /
noun
an affluent young professional person
adjective
typical of or reflecting the values characteristic of yuppies
Other Word Forms
- ˈܱ辱dz noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of yuppie1
Example Sentences
He said only a yuppie — “you know, those people who work in a bank during the day and only go to concerts at night” — would think he wasn’t.
“Die yuppie scum” was one of the main slogans of my teen years, so in that context, it was not cool.
Some doctors dismissed it as psychosomatic and called it “yuppie flu.”
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.
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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