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yuppie

/ˈjʌpɪ/ UK
/ˈjʌpi/ US

Rhymes with -ʌpi

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Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).

noun yuppies · yuppy

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.
Similar: bobo, yumpie, yup, YUP

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noun young upwardly mobile urban professional person

Español	yuppy, yuppie, yupi
한국어	여피 yeopi
日本語	ヤッピー yappī
中文	雅皮士 yǎpíshì, 雅痞 yǎpǐ
Português	yuppie
Français	yuppie, bobo
Deutsch	Yuppie
Italiano	yuppie
Ελληνικά	γιάπης giápis
Русский	я́ппи jáppi
עברית	יָאפִּי yápi

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@misc{yuppie_2026,
  title = {yuppie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yuppie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}