is this a good or bad thing?
2006-11-05 03:11:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
yuppie is an up market snob, who likes all new gadgets, so not good and not bad
2006-11-05 03:14:19 · answer #1 · answered by The brainteaser 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the 50's baby boomers beCAME THE HIPPIES. bY THE 80'S THEY HAD GONE TO LAW SCHOOL AND REPLACED THEIR tie dyes with suits, their bongs with cell phones and catch phrases and power statement. Yuppie is a term for mindless zomby like business man. I think being a yuppie is a bad thing. I think it lacks individuality. I also think that they are so interested in profit that they are ruining the world by putting people out of work and using child labour. But that is just my opinion.
2006-11-05 03:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by cosmiccastaway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yuppie is an acronym for "Young Urban Professional". It is a term that's often used to describe a certain demographic pejoratively, with connotations of selfishness, materialism, and superficiality.
2006-11-05 04:47:37 · answer #3 · answered by catdyer2005 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Yuppie (or yuppy) Is a small fish not to be confused with the guppie (or guppy)as it only thrives in fast flowing streams.and is often seen dashing about with the big fish, In search for titbits
2006-11-05 04:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a negative slang term - see definition and information below.
Yuppie is an acronym for "Young Urban Professional". It is a term that's often used to describe a certain demographic pejoratively, with connotations of selfishness, materialism, and superficiality.
It's a term generally used to speak derogitively about young middle class business people in particular and was commonly used in the Eighties.
2006-11-05 03:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by lianhua 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A young city or suburban resident with a well-paid professional job and an affluent lifestyle, It is not a good / bad thing all depends on the individual.
2006-11-05 03:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by LMH 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Originally taken from "Young Urban Professional", a group that tends to be trendy, heavily into the consumer culture and status conscious.
Good or bad depends on your point of view. I don't think most people would consider it a compliment.
2006-11-05 03:25:41 · answer #7 · answered by Magic One 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a slang word coming from the term "Young Urban Professional".
I suppose you can take it offensive if you want, it just depends on what tone of voice the speaker uses it in I guess.
Hope to have been of help.
2006-11-05 03:15:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was a term used the in 80's and was an acronym for "Young Urban Professional".
2006-11-05 03:15:18 · answer #9 · answered by Suz 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A money hungry person of the 80's. Usually a bad thing.
2006-11-05 03:14:44 · answer #10 · answered by amandafofanda66 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋