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yuccie

yuccie noun: a young, fashionable upper-middle class person, especially one employed in media or creative industries; a materialist hipster.

Noun

yuccie (plural yuccies)

  1. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) A young, fashionable upper-middle class person, especially one employed in media or creative industries; a materialist hipster.
    • Let's consider something new: Yuccies. Young Urban Creatives. In a nutshell, a slice of Generation Y, borne of suburban comfort, indoctrinated with the transcendent power of education, and infected by the conviction that not only do we deserve to pursue our dreams; we should profit from them.2015 June 9, David Infante, “The hipster is dead, and you might not like who comes next”, in Mashable
    • "They are divisive. There is already a backlash in the United States where there’s a new ideal; the ‘yuccie.’ " It is an acronymn^([sic]) for Young Urban Creatives, who prefer the "stricter, sleeker look," according to Withey.2016 August 11, Steve Warden, “Beards keep growing”, in The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2016

Forms of yuccie

pluralyuccies

Origin of yuccie

A neologism coined in 2015 by blogger David Infante (see quote below) as an abbreviation of the phrase young urban creative + -ie; compare yuppie.

Questions about yuccie

What does yuccie mean?
Yuccie means a young, fashionable upper-middle class person, especially one employed in media or creative industries; a materialist hipster.
What part of speech is yuccie?
Yuccie is a noun.
What is the plural of yuccie?
The plural of yuccie is yuccies.

Words near yuccie in the dictionary

  1. yucca moths
  2. Yucca Valley
  3. yuccaloeside
  4. yuccas
  5. yucch
  6. yuccie
  7. yuccies
  8. yuccoside
  9. yuch
  10. Yucheng
  11. Yuchi

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