Definition of yuppie

yuppie

• Everybody here's a yuppie!

  Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Chris H. from Stanford, CA, USA on Nov 07 1998.

• This word originates from the 80's get-rich-quick society. A yup is an individual who strives for high status in society via monetary means.

  That yup was rude. I bet that yuppie car cost a lot.

  Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Charles B. from Westminster, CO, USA on Jun 16 1999.

• a young upwardly mobile, successful professional.

  He's such a yuppie.

  Last edited on Jun 30 2011. Submitted by Ralph M. from Charlotte, NC, USA on Jan 25 2002.

• a rich, spoiled person.

  She is such a yuppie.

  Why were you shopping in that yuppie store?

  Last edited on Jan 20 2003. Submitted by Courtney H. from Damascus, MD, USA on Jan 20 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'yuppie':
yupi	Definitions include: misspelling of yuppie.
yuppie food stamp	Definitions include: A Twenty Dollar Bill - what comes out of an ATM.
yuppify	Definitions include: to gentrify, make more appealing to yuppies.

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