Are there modern equivalents to the yuppie?

Nov 20, 2021 ... What is a Yuppie? Yuppie, short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional", is a term coined in the early ... Jun 1, 1984 ... YUPPIE. Can you remember how you felt the first time you heard the charming word? Our reaction upon being introduced to it was to recall the ... Mar 30, 2025 ... Yuppie is short for “young urban professional” or “young upwardly mobile professional.” These individuals were typically of the American baby ... Feb 14, 2012 ... I have come across three major types of hikers and backpackers. Yuppies, Hippies, and Rednecks. When it comes to apparel, yuppies have to have the latest and ... Mar 2, 2011 ... A “local” is someone born and raised in South Boston and is a positive term. A “yuppie” is someone who is not born and raised in South Boston and is a negative ... Aug 12, 2012 ... Excuse me for perhaps being behind the times but just how do you derive with the word Beemer in referring to a BMW Motorcycle , and further ... Sep 9, 2013 ... GYPSYs want economic prosperity just like their parents did—they just also want to be fulfilled by their career in a way their parents didn't ... From Yippie to Yuppie: Jerry Rubin, An American Revolutionary. DiD iT! is an extraordinary piece of work, and it deserves a pride of place upon the shelf of ... Feb 12, 2013 ... In this study, Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich deploy an all-too-rare example of class analysis as they revisit the concept of the ... Yuppie is the consolidated word for "young urban professional." In its heyday of use in the 1980s, it was used to label young professionals who worked in an ...