Yumpie
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Yumpie — /yum pee/, n. (sometimes l.c.) a young, well educated person who has a professional career and aspires to a higher social and economic status; yuppie. Also, Yumpy. [1980 85, Amer.; y(oung) u(pwardly) m(obile) p(rofessional) (or p … Useful english dictionary
Yumpy — /yum pee/, n., pl. Yumpies. Yumpie. * * * … Universalium
yuppie — noun a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle See Also: yumpie … Wiktionary
yuppie slum — n. 1. An upscale neighborhood populated mostly with young professionals and managers. 2. A neighborhood with older and slightly run down houses that young professionals purchase and renovate. Example Citation: • The 20th annual Los Altos Arts… … New words
yuppie — [20] Yuppie is an acronym, formed in the USA from the initial letters of ‘young urban professional’. It came on the scene in 1984, and at first competed with yumpie (formed from ‘young upwardly mobile people’). It was yuppie which won out, and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
yuppie — 1982, acronym from young urban professional, ousting competition from yumpie (1984), from young upward mobile professional, and yap (1984), from young aspiring professional. The word was felt as an insult by 1985 … Etymology dictionary
yuppie — [20] Yuppie is an acronym, formed in the USA from the initial letters of ‘young urban professional’. It came on the scene in 1984, and at first competed with yumpie (formed from ‘young upwardly mobile people’). It was yuppie which won out, and… … Word origins
ямпи — молодые мобильные специалисты высокого класса англ.: yumpie, young urban mobile professionals англ … Словарь сокращений и аббревиатур
Yumpy — /yum pee/, n., pl. Yumpies. Yumpie … Useful english dictionary
