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yuppity en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈjʌpɨɾi] (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Alteration of yup.
Meanings
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(colloquial, not-comparable) 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):>Bob Dylan.
Yuppity. Dat's de guy.
2004 August 31, John Hatpin, “Re: Biography quiz III”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
yuppity en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- [ˈjʌpɨɾi] (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Possibly a blend of yuppie and uppity.
Meanings
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(informal) Posh, snooty.
“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:She was dressed to the nines. 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: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 joint — along with Bill Clinton.
2003, Elgy Gillespie, The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 432:
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