Definition of 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
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Examples of yuppie in a Sentence
Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.
Recent Examples of yuppie from the Web
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Ben Stiller also makes an appearance as a suave yuppie who wants to help push Lelaina to success.
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Taylor Schilling stars as Piper Chapman, a yuppie prisoner wholly unprepared for life behind bars.
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As always happens, the artist rehabilitation has led to yuppie gentrification.
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Origin and Etymology of yuppie
probably from young urban professional + -ie
First Known Use: 1980
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playDefinition of yuppie for English Language Learners
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: a young college-educated adult who has a job that pays a lot of money and who lives and works in or near a large city
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