antiyuppie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]antiyuppie (not comparable)
- Opposed to yuppies or yuppie culture
- 1988 November 18, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Liberals Kick Ass”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- This is the world--the only world, alas--in which Carpenter's antiyuppie and anti-Reagan satire has meaning.
- 2000 November 3, Jack Helbig, “Three Days of Rain and The Author's Voice”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Few people can blend comedy with drama as artfully as American playwright Richard Greenberg, who's best known for his 80s antiyuppie hit Eastern Standard.