yuppie
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈjʌpi/
- Archaic
- We were going to see an old yuppie flick just before yuppies were fashionable.
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Watch on YouTubeThese people were yuppies were into more functional luxury.
- These people were yuppies were into more functional luxury.
- So like yuppies, you know, like young bankers, young IT guys.
- It's like it's for yuppies, for white when they're for white out on their yachts.
- OK, so they got water and most of these fucking yuppie states are out here sucking up our water.
Examples
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Certainly not in a respectable yuppie area like Fulham.
Fiction book (1995) -
The other half of the duplex was occupied by a gullible Finnish yuppie couple with workaholic schedules.
Fiction book (1996) -
So if you are a yuppie young urban professional, right?
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Tell me this, Francisco: Who has control over whether a "yuppie" moves into the Mission?
Blog text (24) -
Before I knew it, I'd become a toxic yuppie on the fast track.
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And for the record, I'm not a yuppie; I'm just a realist.
Blog text (24) -
A yuppie dog, a Dalmatian, nosed its way across a lawn and accompanied Hershleder's shuffling gait.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the bustling city, many yuppies enjoy their high-paying jobs and luxurious lifestyles.
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The yuppie culture of the 1980s often focused on consumerism and status symbols.
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She dreamed of becoming a successful yuppie, living in a stylish apartment and climbing the corporate ladder.
Synonyms
40
1.8
A person who has a lot of money and property
2
6.0
A person who has a lot of money
1
1.0
A person who has a lot of money and many valuable things
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
1
8.8
A habit among young people with good jobs of wanting expensive things and showing off their money
How Affluent
37
5.5
659
4.5
- Archaic
43
8.2
435
3.7
59
4.0
∞
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
yuppie = yup (opaque) = yup + ie
The formation requires knowledge of the initialism YUP (young urban professional) and the slang diminutive '-ie', which an average B1 learner is unlikely to recognise.
Etymology
Yuppie comes from the phrase young urban professional and was used to name 'young city professionals' who earned good money. It also sounds like hippie, so a helpful image is a city version of a hippie who cares more about clothes and money, and that's why today a yuppie means a young, well-off professional with a stylish life.