A yuppie is a young person who has a well-paid job and likes to show that they have a lot of money by buying expensive things and living in an expensive way.
[disapproval]
The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.
...an ambitious yuppie lawyer.
yuppie in British English
or yuppy (ˈjʌpɪ)
noun(sometimes capital)
1.
an affluent young professional person
adjective
2.
typical of or reflecting the values characteristic of yuppies
Derived forms
yuppiedom (ˈyuppiedom)
noun
Word origin
C20: from y(oung) u(rban) or up(wardly mobile) p(rofessional) + -ie
yuppie in American English
(ˈjʌpi)
US
noun
Informal
any of those young professionals of the 1980s variously regarded as upscale, ambitious, materialistic, faddish, etc.
Word origin
y(oung) u(rban) p(rofessional) + -p- + -ie
Examples of 'yuppie' in a sentence
yuppie
He was disappointed in her choice of restaurant, a noisy, yuppie hang-out, the sort of place where design took precedence over comfort.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (2002)
When I got downstairs, a prosperous-looking yuppie was waiting on our doorstep.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
`They keep putting us off with murmurings of entrepreneurs and quick-buck merchants -- yuppie treason, someone called it.
Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN (2002)
Across the street, half a dozen guys spilled out of a yuppie bar, two of them mouthing off at each other, the others watching.