yuppie

noun [C]

/ˈjʌp·i/ esp. disapproving

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› a young, educated person who lives in a city and is successful in business, and who has a life style that involves spending a lot of money: Once the yuppies started moving in, rents went way up.

(Definition of yuppie noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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