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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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| Definitions include: misspelling of yuppie. | |
| Definitions include: A Twenty Dollar Bill - what comes out of an ATM. | |
| Definitions include: to gentrify, make more appealing to yuppies. | |
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