Buppy

or Bup·pie

[ buhp-ee ]

noun

, plural Bup·pies.

1. a young, upwardly mobile Black professional.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Buppy¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1980–85; B(lack) u(rban) p(rofessional), on the model of yuppie

Example Sentences

In a roasting of Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” and in a way, of Jackson himself: “Jackson’s decolorized flesh reads as the buppy version of Dorian Gray, a blaxploitation nightmare that offers this moral: Stop, the face you save may be your own.”

From New York Times

Jayla especially loved her own dog, Buppy, a Chihuahua_dachshund mix.

From Washington Times

It was hard to give their dog, Buppy, a bath for the first time since Jayla’s death, since it was her job.

From Washington Times

Again, to you nod remember dat ubstardt buppy Senesino, and the goxgomb Farinelli?

From Project Gutenberg

The "buppy" of old days he still writes occasionally, but he no longer signs it in full.

From Project Gutenberg