yuppie

noun

yup·​pie ˈyə-pē How to pronounce yuppie (audio)
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 How to pronounce yuppie (audio)
adjective
yuppieish
ˈyə-pē-ish How to pronounce yuppie (audio)
adjective

Examples of yuppie in a Sentence

Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.
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Yuppies have taken over his favorite bar. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 There’s so much that has been occluded by the broad-brush depiction of the eighties as the awful age of Reagan, yuppies, shoulder pads, mullets, and synth-drums. — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 Plenty of that yuppie American IPA remained. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 19 June 2026 Josh and Lindsay live in Ojai, the hippie mountain town turned increasingly yuppie enclave; Austin and Ashley are in more working-class Oxnard. — Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for yuppie

Word History

Etymology

probably from young urban professional + -ie

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yuppie was in 1980

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Rhymes for yuppie

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“Yuppie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuppie. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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