yuppie

noun

yup·​pie ˈyə-pē 

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

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

If polyamory feels like a fashionable subplot for Bechdel to tackle, this is only because heterosexuals have recently discovered in it a promising balm for yuppie malaise. —Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025

Bateman's seething anger at having his card bested by that of his colleague Paul Allen (Jared Leto), despite the two cards looking almost identical, satirized the vacuous materialism of 1980s yuppie culture. —New Atlas, 9 June 2025

Hitting theaters from Lionsgate on April 14, 2000, American Psycho stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a banker with murderous fantasies, in the adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis’ best-selling novel satirizing 1980s yuppie culture. —Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2025

Yet the film, starring Christian Bale as yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman, has never quite managed to die. —Vox Staff, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025

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