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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

yuppie

/(yŭp"py̆)/ · yup·pie · IPA /ˈjʌpi/
01 n. an ambitious young adult, usually college-educated, living in or near a large city, with a professional career and an affluent lifestyle. …
  1. 1.
    an ambitious young adult, usually college-educated, living in or near a large city, with a professional career and an affluent lifestyle. The "u" in the word is sometimes interpreted as meaning “upwardly mobile”.