Yuppie definition and meaning

Yuppie definition: A yuppie is a term that was used to describe a young person who had a well-paid job and… | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Word Frequency


yuppie


(


j

ʌ

pi



)

Word forms:


plural


yuppies


countable noun

A

yuppie

is a

term

that was used to

describe

a young person who had a

well-paid


job

and liked to

show

that they had a

lot

of money by

buying


expensive

things and

living

in an expensive way.



[

disapproval

]


The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.


…an ambitious yuppie lawyer.


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Word Frequency


yuppie


in British English


or


yuppy


(


ˈjʌpɪ



)


noun



(

sometimes capital

)


1.


adjective


2.


typical

of or

reflecting

the values characteristic of yuppies

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Derived forms



yuppiedom


(

ˈyuppiedom

)


noun

Word origin

C20: from

y

(

oung

)

u

(

rban

) or

up

(

wardly mobile

)

p

(

rofessional

) +

-ie

Word Frequency


yuppie


in American English


(


ˈjʌpi



)


US


noun


Informal

any of those young professionals of the 1980s variously regarded as upscale,

ambitious

, materialistic, faddish, etc.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin


y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional)

+

-p-

+

-ie

Word Frequency


yuppie


in American English


(


ˈjʌpi


)


noun



(

often cap

)

a young, ambitious, and

well-educated

city-dweller who has a professional

career

and an affluent

lifestyle


Also


:


yuppy

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Word origin


[

1980–85,

Amer.

;

y

(

oung

)

u

(

rban

)

p

(

rofessional

) +

-ie


]

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