yuppie

Example Sentences

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Mr. Buffett came into the national imagination in the 1970s, just in time to become a counterpoint to what would end up being called the Yuppie generation.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2018

Yes, the Yippie was gradually morphing into the Yuppie.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2017

Within a year, Die Yuppie Scum was not only a graffiti standard but was also a T-shirt, and “Meet me in Tompkins Square” was a refrain in a Lou Reed song.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2017

Which is not to say that he won’t suddenly turn on a private voice or vanish inside a Marin County Yuppie for a spell.

From Newsweek

Yuppie businesspeople, lawyers and engineers have prospered in this white-collar boom.

From Time Magazine Archive