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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: yuppies
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Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 13:42:23 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 31 13:42:23 1985
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Summary: 

In article <5520@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>Some friends were using the word "yuppie" as though it meant merely
>being not poor. I think it has more connotations than that but wanted
>to ask this group what qualities you consider "yuppies" to have. ...

I think the original term was "yumpie",  an  acronym  for  Young,  Upwardly
Mobile  Professional.  It's  since  been corrupted to "yuppie" which stands
for Young Urban Professional.

The stereotype brought to my mind by "yuppie" is that of a young, middle or
upper  middle  class,  aggressively  career oriented person who dresses for
success, lives in a townhouse condo, drives a BMW 320i.  On the minus side,
there  is  an  implication  of  shallowness,  materialism, and flaunting of
affluence (sour grapes?).

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