yuppie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈjʌpi/ (General-American)
- /ˈjʌpɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).
Meanings
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(dated, derogatory, informal, sometimes) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yuppies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| yuppy | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
antiyuppie · luppie · yuppie disease · scuppie · guppie · yuppify · buppie · postyuppie · yuppiedom · duppie · yuppette · yuppity · yuppification · Chuppie · MUPPIE · yuppieness · yupster · yuppie flu · yuppie food stamp · huppie · yuppieism · yuppiehood · yuppieish · yuppyish
Synonyms
Translations (34)
et pintsaklipslane (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · hu fiatal értelmiségi (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · be я́пі (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · ru я́ппи (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · pt yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · pl yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · is uppi (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · de Yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · pl japiszon (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · et yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · li jöppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · es yupi (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · el γιάπης (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · nl yup (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · fr yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · uk я́ппі (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · cmn 雅痞 (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · tr yupi (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · es yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · no yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · pl yuppi (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · ko 여피 (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · lv japijs (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · lv jampijs (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · fr bobo (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · cmn 雅皮士 (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · ja ヤッピー (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · sv yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · nl yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · fi juppi (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · it yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · he יָאפִּי (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · no japp (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) · es yuppy (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)