yuppiedom
yuppiedom noun: the condition of being a yuppie.
Noun
yuppiedom (uncountable)
- The condition of being a yuppie.
- Richard Greenberg's witty, sometimes insightful look at the perils of yuppiedom is now at Broadway's Golden Theatre.1989 January 16, Ruth Gilbert, “Hot Line: The tops in town this week”, in New York Magazine, page 25
- On the one hand, the Bonner marriage anticipates the mid-1980s ideal of yuppiedom […]2005, Cynthia Anne Barto Lucia, Framing Female Lawyers: Women on Trial in Film, →ISBN, page 30
Examples of yuppiedom in a sentence
- Where Wes Anderson invites his audience to share in the absurdity of inherited wealth and Whit Stillman aestheticizes yuppiedom, Rogers agonizes over his upper-crust circumstances.2009 August 7, Ronnie Scheib, “Filmmaker takes a personal spin”, in The Courier-Journal:
- […] the culture of yuppiedom […] seemed threatened with dissolution.2009 August 21, Ginia Bellafante, “A Series That Shows Its Age”, in New York Times:
Origin of yuppiedom
From yuppie + -dom.
Questions about yuppiedom
- What does yuppiedom mean?
- Yuppiedom means the condition of being a yuppie.
- How do you use yuppiedom in a sentence?
- Where Wes Anderson invites his audience to share in the absurdity of inherited wealth and Whit Stillman aestheticizes yuppiedom, Rogers agonizes over his upper-crust circumstances.
- What part of speech is yuppiedom?
- Yuppiedom is a noun.
Words near yuppiedom in the dictionary
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