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yuppity

[ˈjʌpɨɾi]

yuppity adverb: yes.

Adverb

yuppity (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Yes.
    • >and she's got it to work properly now,
      Yuppity! =)2000 May 27, Adeline, “Re: Matthew Perry in car accident?”, in alt.tv.friends (Usenet)
    • >The rule you quote here would match any From: line that had something
      >after From: and outside the angle brackets. According to the Turnpike
      >Help File - which you really ought to read if you intend to embark upon
      >this sort of exercise:
      Yuppity!2003 October 20, Wm… [username], “Re: What is a "reverse path"”, in demon.ip.support.turnpike (Usenet)

Adjective

yuppity (comparative more yuppity, superlative most yuppity)

  1. (informal) Posh, snooty.
    • The Bodeguita del Medio takes its name from Ernest Hemingway's favorite bar in downtown Havana, and in honor of the Cuban connection it has a cigar-smoking "divan" at the back of the house. The earth may not move for him any more, but Hemingway is all over this yuppity little California Avenue...2003, Elgy Gillespie, The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 432
    • “Yeah, that yuppity one up the street is where all the FBI guys go, but they wouldn't be caught dead in this place. […]2010, Steve Westover, Defensive Tactics, Bonneville Books, →ISBN, page 53

Examples of yuppity in a sentence

  • The earth may not move for him any more, but Hemingway is all over this yuppity little California Avenue joint — along with Bill Clinton.2003, Elgy Gillespie, The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 432:
  • Not in an all-black, yuppity, Coach handbag kind of way, but in a distinctly Mercyx way.2011, James Bernard Frost, A Very Minor Prophet, Hawthorne Books, →ISBN, page 65:

Forms of yuppity

comparativemore yuppity
superlativemost yuppity

Origin of yuppity

Alteration of yup.

Possibly a blend of yuppie and uppity.

Questions about yuppity

What does yuppity mean?
Yuppity means yes.
How do you use yuppity in a sentence?
The earth may not move for him any more, but Hemingway is all over this yuppity little California Avenue joint — along with Bill Clinton.
What part of speech is yuppity?
Yuppity can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce yuppity?
Yuppity is pronounced [ˈjʌpɨɾi] (US).

Words near yuppity in the dictionary

  1. yuppifies
  2. yuppify
  3. yuppifying
  4. yuppiness
  5. yuppism
  6. yuppity
  7. yuppo
  8. yuppy
  9. yuppydom
  10. yuppyish
  11. yuppyism

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