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often capitalized
: a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city
Example Sentences
Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.
Recent Examples on the Web Not surprisingly, it’s just been developed by the company’s most energetic idea man and most vicious yuppie (Miguel Ferrer). 
Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022 And for those seeking the stable, yuppie suit-and-tie lifestyle, law school might be a better bet than the talent agencies and entertainment companies at this point. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Melanie Griffith plays a free-spirited woman who kidnaps a yuppie for a weekend of adventure, but things take a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 26 May 2022 Miles, the eldest, is a top lawyer and yuppie who becomes a drug addict and pauper, then turns his life around and becomes a state senator. Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022 Her fantasies are those of the proto-yuppie who is not quite there yet but definitely on her way. Rina Nkulu, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2021 Having catered to the hustle-like, yuppie millennials who would forgo their lunch breaks to eat a $15 salad at their desk, Sweetgreen had been hit hard by the pandemic. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2021 These tensions reconcile in all sorts of biker cultures — the urban dirt biker, the cafe-racing yuppie — but Sturgis is unique in selling the fantasy of a subculture based on the dominant one. New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021 Sweetgreen, the fast casual salad chain popular with yuppie workaholics, is becoming less of a source for sad desk salads and more of a weekend outing during the pandemic. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 28 Sep. 2021 See More
Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022 And for those seeking the stable, yuppie suit-and-tie lifestyle, law school might be a better bet than the talent agencies and entertainment companies at this point. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Melanie Griffith plays a free-spirited woman who kidnaps a yuppie for a weekend of adventure, but things take a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 26 May 2022 Miles, the eldest, is a top lawyer and yuppie who becomes a drug addict and pauper, then turns his life around and becomes a state senator. Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022 Her fantasies are those of the proto-yuppie who is not quite there yet but definitely on her way. Rina Nkulu, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2021 Having catered to the hustle-like, yuppie millennials who would forgo their lunch breaks to eat a $15 salad at their desk, Sweetgreen had been hit hard by the pandemic. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2021 These tensions reconcile in all sorts of biker cultures — the urban dirt biker, the cafe-racing yuppie — but Sturgis is unique in selling the fantasy of a subculture based on the dominant one. New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021 Sweetgreen, the fast casual salad chain popular with yuppie workaholics, is becoming less of a source for sad desk salads and more of a weekend outing during the pandemic. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 28 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
probably from young urban professional + -ie
First Known Use
1980, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of yuppie was in 1980 Phrases Containing yuppie
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