yuppie

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The term yuppie (short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional") refers to an 1980s and early 1990s term for financially secure, upper-middle class young people in their 20s and early 30s.

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  1. noun Informal A young city or suburban resident with a well-paid professional job and an affluent lifestyle.

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  • J.P. Bundy was a wiry, frenetic, balding man who had no doubt been called a yuppie back when he was young and the term had been coined. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 01 - January 1996
  • Bishop angrily said police aren't taking Pupshaw's death as seriously as if she was "some yuppie-ass rich woman."
  • I love the First Lady and think she's great, and I'm no fashion expert, but I wasn't too crazy with the dowdy and PTA-yuppie look. —  The Latest on Air America
  • Matron is probably a yuppie, entitlement, impressed-with-herself, privileged one who feels she can park where ever she likes. —  Boston.com Most Popular
  • Robbins stars as an Upper West Side yuppie, married to Bridget "Tom Brady's baby momma" —  SteveSilver.net
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  1. y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional), influenced by yippie.
 

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