Slang

yuppie

This page is about the slang term yuppie

Meaning

a young professional with a high-paying job and an expensive lifestyle

For example

  • A lot of yuppies are buying apartments in inner-city areas, so prices are going up fast.

  • There's a whole new class of yuppies emerging in fast-growing economies like those of China and India.

Origin: From "(y)oung (u)rban (p)rofessionals", or yups. Widely-used first in the 1980's.

Quick Quiz

The word "yuppie" is derived from the words

a. young urban professional

b. youth under pressure

c. your underwear pongs
a) young urban professional b) youth under pressure c) your underwear pongs

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Contributor: Matt Errey