yuppie
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjʌpɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjʌpi/
- Rhymes: -ʌpi
Noun
yuppie (plural yuppies)
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
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Derived terms
Translations
young upwardly mobile urban professional person
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French
Noun
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.
Pronunciation
Noun
yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies or invariable)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
Derived terms
References
- ^ yuppie in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.
Noun
yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
Spanish
Noun
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
- Alternative spelling of yuppy
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
yuppie c
- a yuppie
Declension
Declension of yuppie