yuppie

or yup·py

[ yuhp-ee ]

noun

, plural yup·pies.

1. (often initial capital letter) a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.

yuppie

/ ˈjʌpɪ /

noun

1. an affluent young professional person

adjective

1. typical of or reflecting the values characteristic of yuppies

Derived Forms

• ˈyuppiedom, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of yuppie¹

First recorded in 1980–85, Americanism; y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional) + -ie

Word History and Origins

Origin of yuppie¹

C20: from y ( oung ) u ( rban ) or up ( wardly mobile ) p ( rofessional ) + -ie

Example Sentences

It’s also an “American problem, a yuppie problem, a badge of success,” as Jill Lepore wrote in The New Yorker last year.

From Quartz

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.

From Quartz

Part of what led that wave of yuppies coming in, was a sense of, “Oh my God, here’s my chance to make money.”

From Freakonomics

Fresh Yuppie arrivals wanted things the way they wanted them, so positive involvement in parks and public schools often became battles for control in a neighborhood that already had a powerful tradition of activism.

From Freakonomics

Because in 1980, yuppie culture was just beginning to blossom.

From The Daily Beast

In April 1992, U.S. News and World Report, called her the “overbearing yuppie wife from hell.”

From The Daily Beast

If you met him in a bar, he might be all likkered up and decide he wants to kick your pasty, yuppie ass just for the hell of it.

From The Daily Beast

I do realize this response makes me seem two-thirds boring and one-third yuppie, proportions that are, alas, accurate.

From The Daily Beast

The specter of the yuppie is simply raised from time to time to remind the viewer of the "real" Bostonians' essential qualities.

From The Daily Beast