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yuppie food stamp

yuppie food stamp noun: a $20 bill, as dispensed from an ATM.

Noun

yuppie food stamp (plural yuppie food stamps)

  1. (slang) A $20 bill, as dispensed from an ATM.
    • We need change, but all I have is a yuppie food stamp.

Forms of yuppie food stamp

pluralyuppie food stamps

Origin of yuppie food stamp

Like yuppie flu, the term originally connoted (and may still connote) contempt by working-class people for others who are perceived as rich, undeserving, and soft. The stereotype-laden imagery is that a yuppie throws twenties around like a poor person might throw food stamps around, neither one wholly deserving the resource that they are profligately consuming. Class antagonism is implicit in both directions, upward and downward.

Questions about yuppie food stamp

What does yuppie food stamp mean?
Yuppie food stamp means a $20 bill, as dispensed from an ATM.
What part of speech is yuppie food stamp?
Yuppie food stamp is a noun.
What is the plural of yuppie food stamp?
The plural of yuppie food stamp is yuppie food stamps.

Words near yuppie food stamp in the dictionary

  1. yuppette
  2. yuppettes
  3. yuppie
  4. yuppie disease
  5. yuppie flu
  6. yuppie food stamp
  7. yuppie food stamps
  8. yuppiedom
  9. yuppiehood
  10. yuppieish
  11. yuppieism

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