yuppie
/ˈjʌpɪ/US/ˈjʌpi/
yuppie noun: a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
Noun
yuppie (plural yuppies)
- A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
- [David] Wain packs They Came Together with supporting characters, most of them variations on stock rom-com archetypes—the exes, the siblings, the co-workers, the yuppie parents, and so forth.2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017
Synonyms of yuppie
Forms of yuppie
| plural | yuppies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | yuppy |
Origin of yuppie
Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).
Words formed from yuppie
Phrases with yuppie
Words that rhyme with yuppie
Questions about yuppie
- What does yuppie mean?
- Yuppie means a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
- What part of speech is yuppie?
- Yuppie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yuppie?
- Yuppie is pronounced /ˈjʌpɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yuppie?
- The plural of yuppie is yuppies.
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