yup·pie

yup·pie
/ˈjʌpi/ noun, pl -pies [count]
often disapproving : 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

Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.

— often used before another noun

her yuppie friends


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • yup|pie — Yup|pie, yup|pie, or yup|py «YUHP ee», noun, plural pies. U.S. Slang. a young urban professional: »Who are all those upwardly mobile folk?…Yuppies, of course (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Yup|pie — Yup|pie, yup|pie, or yup|py «YUHP ee», noun, plural pies. U.S. Slang. a young urban professional: »Who are all those upwardly mobile folk?…Yuppies, of course (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

  • yup|py — Yup|pie, yup|pie, or yup|py «YUHP ee», noun, plural pies. U.S. Slang. a young urban professional: »Who are all those upwardly mobile folk?…Yuppies, of course (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

  • yup — yup·pie; yup·pi·fy; yup; yup·pi·fi·ca·tion; …   English syllables

  • pie — cap·pie; chap·pie; char·pie; clip·pie; crap·pie; drap·pie; es·tam·pie; gym·pie; kap·pie; knop·pie; min·co·pie; nan·pie; pie·bald·ly; pie·bald·ness; pie; pie·dra; pie·gan; pie·man; pie·pou·dre; pie·tà; riem·pie; ri·pie·nist; ser·pie·rite;… …   English syllables

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  • yuppie — yup·pie …   English syllables

  • Yuppie — Yụp|pie 〈m. 6; meist abwertend〉 junger, gewandter, sportl., gepflegter Mensch (Mann od. Frau), der im Management Karriere gemacht hat [Verkleinerungsform zu yup, Abk. für engl. amerikan. young urban professional „junger weltgewandter Fachmann“]… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Yuppie — Yụp|pie 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 junger, gewandter, gepflegter Mensch, der im Management Karriere gemacht hat [Etym.: engl., Verkleinerungsform zu yup, Abk. für young urban professional »junger städtischer Fachmann«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • yuppie — yup•pie or yup•py [[t]ˈyʌp i[/t]] n. pl. pies. (sometimes cap.) cvb a young, ambitious, educated city dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle • Etymology: 1980–85; y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional)+ ie …   From formal English to slang

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