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☆ yup·pie (yup′ē)

noun

Informal any of those young professionals of the 1980s variously regarded as upscale, ambitious, materialistic, faddish, etc.

Etymology: y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional) + -p- + -ie

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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