: a college-educated Black adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives or works in or near a large city
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At the heart of the disagreement between Monica and Quincy — and for that matter, Solomon and me — was our generation’s gender wars gone buppie: Could Monica really win the boy next door, play ball and have it all?
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Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
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Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
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“Buppie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buppie. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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