yuppie

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun yuppie has 1 sense

yuppie(n = noun.person) Array - a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style; Array

CIDE DICTIONARY

yuppie, n. [young urban professional + -ie.].

an ambitious young adult, usually college-educated, living in or near a large city, with a professional career and an affluent lifestyle. The "u" in the word is sometimes interpreted as meaning “upwardly mobile”. [PJC]