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Yuppie

DEFINITION

YUP = Young, upwardly-mobile person. Has become an old fashioned word overtaken by boomer, millinieal and gen x. Typically is a disparaging term about young people or young couples of the 1980’s and 1990’s who have good jobs and money and less demanding lifestyles compared to past generations. (Contrast with DINKS.)

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