Yuppie
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1980s: elaboration of the acronym from young urban professional .
wiktionary
Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie(suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).
etymonline
yuppie (n.)
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.
