yuppie

noun

yup·​pie ˈyə-pē 

variants often Yuppie

: a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city

yuppiedom

ˈyə-pē-dəm 

adjective

yuppieish

ˈyə-pē-ish 

adjective

Examples of yuppie in a Sentence

Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.

Recent Examples on the Web

Kiefer, who started as the restaurant’s lawyer, told me, referring to a category of upscale hangouts, decorated with potted plants and Tiffany lamps, that were meant to facilitate yuppie courtship. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

By the 1980s, the generation that had once marched on the Pentagon had become the yuppie class—homeowners, 401(k) pioneers, the cohort that built the modern investor class. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

But her neo-yuppie fantasy is punctured when she’s rejected from a business-school summer program. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

When his 1991 novel American Psycho, about a yuppie investment banker who moonlights as a serial killer, was adapted into the 2000 film of the same name, Ellis unsurprisingly had opinions. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

probably from young urban professional + -ie

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing yuppie

• yuppie flu

Rhymes for yuppie

• guppy
• puppy