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Originally Posted by strawberryluna
OK hold up.
i thought that the term 'yuppie' died with the 90s. wts?
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yuppie
1982, acronym from "young urban professional," ousting competition from yumpie (1984), from "young upward-mobile professional," and yap (1984), from "young aspiring professional." The word was felt as an insult by 1985.