Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: yuppies Message-ID: <3@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 13:42:23 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.3 Posted: Thu Oct 31 13:42:23 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 08:05:53 EST References: <5520@amdcad.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 23 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?). -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp(+)TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe