YUPPIE

yuppie

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

yuppie (plural yuppies)

(informal) a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.

Synonyms

• bobo

• yumpie

• yup, YUP

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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