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
Examples of yuppie in a Sentence
Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.
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After calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney must battle the pint-sized forces of evil unleashed through his phone line, led by the maniacal rock n’ roll goblin Frankie Freako.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Today’s young adults—so often stereotyped as quiet-quitters and socialist revolutionaries, driven by idealism and fixated on self-care—may seem a far cry from the suspenders-wearing yuppies of the Reagan era.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
Richard Simmons wasn’t for the yuppies and strivers, people who wanted or were able to embody the taut-tummied, plasticine-reared Suzanne Somers aesthetic.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
The director’s early films play like yuppie action pictures, with shrill arguments in dark rooms standing in for traditional action set pieces.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 June 2024
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Today’s young adults—so often stereotyped as quiet-quitters and socialist revolutionaries, driven by idealism and fixated on self-care—may seem a far cry from the suspenders-wearing yuppies of the Reagan era.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
Richard Simmons wasn’t for the yuppies and strivers, people who wanted or were able to embody the taut-tummied, plasticine-reared Suzanne Somers aesthetic.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
The director’s early films play like yuppie action pictures, with shrill arguments in dark rooms standing in for traditional action set pieces.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 June 2024
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“Yuppie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuppie. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
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