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startuppy en · ADJ

Etymology

From startup + -y.

Meanings

1. (rare) Synonym of startupish
   • Whereas iCat was in Seattle, which was much more startuppy. For some reason there were no serious competitors in Silicon Valley. 2008, Jessica Livingston, Founders at Work, Stories of Startups' Early Days, page 211:
   • Here 'startuppy' is used as an antidote to reject ideas that sound too 'bureaucratic'. 2018, Eddy Laveren, Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti (editors), Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Education, Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research, page 157:
   • The second critical C to understand and respect is copyright. There is likely no greyer area of the law than copyright, but as a startuppy, entrepreneurish type, it's important that you understand the key machinations of it, and that you respect it. 2022, Iolanthe Gabrie, 100 Days of Brave, How to Launch a Business You Love in Three Months:
   • Plus then I can save some money, and devote it to the startuppy lifestyle. Oh, and I have a kid due in 3 weeks, so that freaks me out financially too. :) 2011 February 3, Randall Bennett, “Quattro errors”, in BYU CocoaHeads (Usenet):

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Synonyms

startupish