yuppie

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yup·pie / ˈyəpē/ (also yup·py) • n. (pl. -pies) inf., derog. a well-paid young middle-class professional who works in a city job and has a luxurious lifestyle.DERIVATIVES: yup·pie·dom n.ORIGIN: 1980s: elaboration of the acronym from young urban professional.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

yuppie

views updated May 29 2018

yuppie informal and derogatory term for a well-paid young middle-class professional who works in a city job and has a luxurious lifestyle. The term is recorded from the 1980s, seen as the period at which such people flourished, and is an elaboration of the acronym from young urban professional. It has generated a number of similar terms.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

yuppie

views updated May 18 2018

yuppie (or yuppy) (ˈjʌpɪ) Colloquial young urban (or upwardly mobile) professional

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH