yuppie

Example Sentences

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The group of friends — about 10 people, some with dogs — said the man argued with them before attacking them, angered by the presence of "yuppies with dogs."

From Washington Post

Granola- and brown-rice-eating yuppies have had too much self-denial, and previously shunned cocktails and steak are turning up on restaurant tables and in-home entertaining.

From Seattle Times

Returning to Charlestown as an adult, shuttling his sons to hockey practice, he sometimes wore a suit, straight from the office, and people from the neighborhood “would turn on me because I was a yuppie.”

From New York Times

As a person, Trump is little more than the aged version of the yuppie villain in an '80s comedy, with a sweater tied around his neck and a sneer for the scruffy heroes.

From Salon

“You have the die-hards who have lived here their entire lives, but they don’t want to see hipsters or yuppies,” she said.

From New York Times