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yuppy

yuppie \yup"pie\, yuppy \yup"py\(y[u^]p"p[y^]), n. [young urban professional + -ie.] 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''.

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yuppy

n. (alternative spelling of lang=en yuppie)

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Of the thirty other runners, the most serious contenders were Camomile Lawn, a fleet chestnut mare so flashy Tab said she ought to wear an ankle bracelet, Male Nurse, a stocky brown gelding who jumped and stayed well, Yummy Yuppy, the handsome dark bay who had fallen last year, Blarney Stone, who had won the Irish Grand National, Paddywack, who was third to Penscombe Pride and The Prince of Darkness last year and Fraulein Mahler, Rannaldini's second horse, whom Lysander had ridden into the lake last summer.