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yupster scene

yupster scene

9.8
A city social scene of young professionals who like hip cafes and small creative shops
  • noun
  • /ˈjʌpstər siːn/
  • Slang
translation icon : escena yupster
  • As rents rose, the yupster scene began to displace long-time residents.

Examples

  • Many new cafes cater to the tastes of the yupster scene in the downtown area.

  • She felt out of place in the yupster scene that dominated her new neighborhood.

  • The yupster scene in Brooklyn is thriving.

  • Many young professionals enjoy the yupster scene in their city.

  • Many new cafes cater to the tastes of the yupster scene in the downtown area.

  • As rents rose, the yupster scene began to displace long-time residents.

  • She felt out of place in the yupster scene that dominated her new neighborhood.

Synonyms

yuccie lifestyle
vsyupster scene
  • Slang
9.1

A way of living where young people in cities focus on art, small businesses, and trendy city life

blends professional ambition with indie style and alternative tastes
yuppity neighborhood
vsyupster scene
  • Archaic
8.7

An area that is fashionable and expensive where many young professionals live

is the social lifestyle and attitudes within that urban setting
yuppity crowd
vsyupster scene
  • Offensive
9.9

A group of young people who work in the city and act like they are better than others

focuses more on trendy mixed tastes than on social exclusion or snobbery

Antonyms

traditional
994 1.5

Following long-held customs and ways of doing things

conventional
175 2.8

Doing things in the usual way most people expect, not new or original

How Trendy

cutting-edge
49 5.6
yupster scene
  • Slang
9.8
on trend
3 3.7
fashionable
85 2.6
conventional
175 2.8

Surface Forms

yupster scene singular
yupster scenes plural

Morphology

yupster + scene

The noun 'scene' meaning a recognizable community is fully compositional, so the pattern 'X scene' transparently denotes a social environment associated with X. However, 'yupster' is a slang blend (yuppie + hipster) and not a standard dictionary item, so understanding the full nuance requires familiarity with that blend and socio-cultural knowledge. Because part of the meaning is directly derived from constituents but the key headword is slang and requires prior exposure, the expression is best classed as semi-transparent.

Etymology

Yupster scene comes from joining yuppie and hipster, and scene means the local social world. It shows young professionals in trendy neighborhoods with coffee shops, small shops and stylish apartments, so it now means 'a trendy urban social world where yuppie ambition meets hipster taste'.