yuppie
SayYUP-eeUS/ˈjʌpi/UK/ˈjʌpɪ/
Pluralyuppies
- 1A young person with a city job who makes good money and likes to spend it on stylish things.
Like a city worker who spends a big paycheck on the latest fancy gadgets and clothes.
The new neighbors are yuppies who drive expensive cars and eat out every night.
He turned into a real yuppie after landing that high-paying banking job.
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Origin
It started as a short form of 'young upwardly mobile professional' (or 'young urban professional'), plus the ending '-ie' for a kind of person.