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Yuppie

//ˈjʌpɪ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle. dated, derogatory, informal, sometimes
  2. 2
    a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style wordnet

Etymology

Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).

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