yuppie

English

Alternative forms

• yuppy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjʌpɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjʌpi/
• Rhymes: -ʌpi

Noun

yuppie (plural yuppies)

1. (informal, sometimes derogatory) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.

Synonyms

• bobo
• yumpie
• yup, YUP

Derived terms

• antiyuppie
• buppie
• guppie
• huppie
• luppie
• MUPPIE
• postyuppie
• scuppie
• yuppette
• yuppie disease
• yuppiedom
• yuppie flu
• yuppie food stamp
• yuppiehood
• yuppieism
• yuppieness
• yuppification
• yuppify
• yuppity
• yuppyish
• yupster

 

Translations

young upwardly mobile urban professional person

• Belarusian: я́пі m (jápi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅皮士 (zh) (yǎpíshì), 雅痞 (yǎpǐ)

• Dutch: yuppie (nl) m, yup (nl) m
• Estonian: pintsaklipslane, yuppie (et)
• Finnish: juppi (fi)
• French: yuppie (fr) m or f, bobo (fr) m or f
• German: Yuppie (de) m
• Greek: γιάπης (el) m (giápis)
• Hebrew: יָאפִּי m (yápi)
• Hungarian: fiatal értelmiségi
• Icelandic: uppi (is) m
• Italian: yuppie (it) m or f
• Japanese: ヤッピー (yappī)
• Korean: 여피 (yeopi)
• Latvian: japijs m, jampijs m
• Limburgish: jöppie m
• Norwegian: japp (no) m, yuppie m
• Polish: yuppie (pl) m, yuppi (pl) m, japiszon m
• Portuguese: yuppie m or f
• Russian: я́ппи (ru) m or f (jáppi)
• Spanish: yuppy m, yuppie (es) m, yupi (es) m
• Swedish: yuppie (sv) c
• Turkish: yupi
• Ukrainian: я́ппі m (jáppi)

French

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

1. yuppie

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjup.pi/, (careful style) /ˈjap.pi/
• Rhymes: -uppi, (careful style) -appi

Noun

yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies or invariable)

1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Derived terms

• yuppismo

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.

Noun

yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies)

1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Spanish

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

1. Alternative spelling of yuppy

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yuppie.

Noun

yuppie c

1. a yuppie

Declension

Declension of yuppie

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	yuppie	yuppies
	definite	yuppien	yuppiens
plural	indefinite	yuppies, yuppier	yuppies, yuppiers
	definite	yuppierna	yuppiernas

Derived terms

• yuppienalle

References

• yuppie in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• yuppie in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• yuppie in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)