Hmmm.... Any ideas?
2007-06-06 02:36:17 · 12 answers · asked by maceuk2k 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yuppie = Young Urban Professsional
Dink = Double Income, No Kids
2007-06-06 02:44:47 · answer #1 · answered by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is yuppie. Young Urban Professional.
2007-06-06 02:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by Louise 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Young, Upwardly-mobile Professional Person - it's an 80s phrase
2007-06-06 02:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yuppie - a young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s
y=young u=urban p= professional p=person
2007-06-06 02:48:11 · answer #4 · answered by caroline ♥♥♥♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Young upwardly mobile professional orYoung Urban Professionals.
2007-06-06 02:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's an abbreviation for "young urban professional"
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.
2007-06-06 02:39:41 · answer #6 · answered by Queen of the Rÿche 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a semi - acronym: Young Upwardly mobile, or some versions have Young Urban Proffesional.
2007-06-06 02:40:15 · answer #7 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Young Urban Professional Who Gets Right Up Your Nose"
I think..........
2007-06-06 02:42:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Young upwardly mobile hippy
2007-06-06 02:40:39 · answer #9 · answered by Wordsmith 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
a disease caused by Margaret Thatcher
2007-06-06 03:01:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋