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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The yuppie as a cultural construction is a fundamentally conservative specimen cloaked in insincere liberal posturing.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Flynn’s suggestion to move the rowdy Southie parade downtown is a knee jerk reaction to appease the upscale yuppie families and other residents who have taken over the traditional working class Irish American neighborhood.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2024
Bateman is considered one of the more memorable movie characters of the early 2000s, particularly in his flip back and forth between a seemingly rational NYC yuppie and an unhinged slasher.
—Nathan Kamal, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The problem is, everything that can go wrong does go wrong as Clark feuds with his yuppie neighbors, struggles to wrangle unruly family members, and awaits a Christmas bonus from his boss that curiously hasn't arrived yet.
—Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Flynn’s suggestion to move the rowdy Southie parade downtown is a knee jerk reaction to appease the upscale yuppie families and other residents who have taken over the traditional working class Irish American neighborhood.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2024
Bateman is considered one of the more memorable movie characters of the early 2000s, particularly in his flip back and forth between a seemingly rational NYC yuppie and an unhinged slasher.
—Nathan Kamal, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The problem is, everything that can go wrong does go wrong as Clark feuds with his yuppie neighbors, struggles to wrangle unruly family members, and awaits a Christmas bonus from his boss that curiously hasn't arrived yet.
—Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Yuppie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuppie. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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