yuppie
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When she begins dating the owner of a local pet shop, Iona immediately falls in step with her yuppie new beau.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Mr. Pita, fluent in English and backed by strong support from younger Thais, appears in public as a jovial yuppie brimming with bright ideas, confident that he can overcome the constitutional hurdles in his path.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
And I don’t know why it was viewed as a yuppie vaccine or why Lyme disease would be viewed as a yuppie disease.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022
So from that Sonny Bono beach bum guy, he becomes the icon for being a yuppie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
The neighborly market I used to cruise for produce now looks forbiddingly like a Manhattan yuppie emporium.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
“The yuppies might like it, but we’re all set on bike lanes,” Mr. Napolitano said.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
DiDi, serving as Greek chorus and comic relief, pulls Ms. Noomin directly into the story, saying: “Are you gonna let some cartoon yuppies cry cartoon tears over your lost babies?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
Some commentators have described an alliance of the two parties as one between hippies and yuppies.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2021
“We’re the definition of affluent yuppies that result in pricing out locals and changing longstanding tradition,” Faulknor said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
What about that ingrained resentment toward yuppies, so strong he’d refused to even consider moving to some of the most interesting cities in America?
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
