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short for "black urban professional", a African American subset of the yuppie category. The group includes black professionals and executives in their late twenties and early thirties.
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buppie — ☆ buppie [bup′ē ] n. 〚 B(LACK) (adj. 2b) + (Y)UPPIE〛 Informal an African American yuppie * * * bup·pie (bŭpʹē) n. Informal A young Black city or suburban resident with a well paid professional job and an affluent lifestyle … Universalium
buppie — ☆ buppie [bup′ē ] n. [ B(LACK) (adj. 2b) + (Y)UPPIE] Informal an African American yuppie … English World dictionary
Buppie — Der Begriff Buppie ist ein Akronym und steht für black urban professional. Er leitet sich aus dem vorher verbreiteten Yuppie ab. Ursprüngliche Bedeutung Der Begriff Buppie kam in Amerika Anfang der 1990er Jahre auf, als ein Phänomen innerhalb von … Deutsch Wikipedia
buppie — noun Etymology: 1black + yuppie Date: 1984 a college educated black adult who is employed in a well paying profession and who lives or works in or near a large city … New Collegiate Dictionary
buppie — n a member of the black middle class, a black yuppie. An American categorisation of the late 1980s also heard in Britain and still in use over a decade later. Establishing a black middle class won t help anybody except a few buppies all yuppies,… … Contemporary slang
buppie — n. (Slang) black yuppie, college educated black person who has a well paying profession and who works or lives in a large city or close to a big city … English contemporary dictionary
buppie — Noun. Bread and butter. Usually a children s expression … English slang and colloquialisms
buppie — bup·pie … English syllables
buppie — n. Jeune cadre dynamique de race noire, aux États Unis … Le dictionnaire des mots absents des autres dictionnaires
buppie — ˈbəpē noun ( s) Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: black (I) + yuppie (herein) : a college educated Afro American adult who is employed in a well paying profession and lives or works in or near a large city … Useful english dictionary
