Used in a Sentence

yuppie

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for yuppie.

Editorial note

They're located on a main street with heavy foot traffic in a well-educated progressive-yuppie neighborhood with lots of disposable income.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of yuppie gathered in one view.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for yuppie.

noun

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

Example sentences

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They're located on a main street with heavy foot traffic in a well-educated progressive-yuppie neighborhood with lots of disposable income.

2

I lived and worked in Palo Alto for years, and saw firsthand how pampered the yuppie offspring were.

3

Looking at the website beyond the landing page, their current business is yuppie boardinghouses.

4

Can I guess that you are a tech yuppie, whose social circle consists mostly of other tech yuppies?

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Mcdonalds carved out a pretty good niche not catering to your yuppie friends.

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Between white America's appropriation of black American pop culture and the rise of yuppie hipsterdom, this applies just as much to the U.

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Verizon wants to wire up the yuppie neighborhoods here in Baltimore with FiOS.

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Most of their parents were middle class but not the educated yuppie parents.

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It is weird how quickly you can go from yuppie to suburbanite.

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Huge dick move on my part; thought she was a yuppie who couldn't be bothered to carry cash, I was wrong.

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This is a bike to separate yuppie fools from their money.

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Most of your yuppie brethren are inclined as such, after all.

Quote examples

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If you look at their "vision" page: Phase 1 is "communities." These are the yuppie boarding houses.

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Edit: BTW at the time I was partial to calling people "yuppie scum".

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Yuppie!" So I suspect dummies will remain anonymous.

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:) Back a long time ago the applicable pejorative was "yuppie".

Proper noun examples

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Yuppie Christians living in DFW ate that shit up--Starbucks Christ.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use yuppie in a sentence?

They're located on a main street with heavy foot traffic in a well-educated progressive-yuppie neighborhood with lots of disposable income.

What does yuppie mean?

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

What part of speech is yuppie?

yuppie is commonly used as noun.