The term came about as an acronym for Young (Y) Urban (U) Professional (P) sometime in the early 1980's.
Yuppies tend to have at least Bachelors degrees (but more common, these days, graduate or professional degrees such as JD's and MBA's) and work in high paying professions such as Law, Accounting, Investment Banking, Engineering etc. Yuppies are known for their conspicous level of consumption and obsession with status symbols.
They tend to reside in urban environs such as Manhattan or San Francisco, but there are also suburban areas that are heavily populated with yuppies (such as Menlo Park/Palo Alto and Marin County, all in northern California).
Often times, Yuppies are "Big Hat, No Cattle" types who pay $2,000 a month to rent a swanky apartment and spend another $1,000 a month financing a luxury car, but at the end of the day have a negative networth because they are so in debt from their student loans and credit card bills.
For a perfect example of the yuppie lifestyle, watch the movie American Psycho.
Yuppies tend to have at least Bachelors degrees (but more common, these days, graduate or professional degrees such as JD's and MBA's) and work in high paying professions such as Law, Accounting, Investment Banking, Engineering etc. Yuppies are known for their conspicous level of consumption and obsession with status symbols.
They tend to reside in urban environs such as Manhattan or San Francisco, but there are also suburban areas that are heavily populated with yuppies (such as Menlo Park/Palo Alto and Marin County, all in northern California).
Often times, Yuppies are "Big Hat, No Cattle" types who pay $2,000 a month to rent a swanky apartment and spend another $1,000 a month financing a luxury car, but at the end of the day have a negative networth because they are so in debt from their student loans and credit card bills.
For a perfect example of the yuppie lifestyle, watch the movie American Psycho.
Prospective Renter: Why are the rents here so high?
Landlord: Because the yuppies are willing to pay top dollar for the prestigous address and the fact that the building is right down the street from all the swanky restaurants, nightclubs, clothing boutiques and cafes.
Landlord: Because the yuppies are willing to pay top dollar for the prestigous address and the fact that the building is right down the street from all the swanky restaurants, nightclubs, clothing boutiques and cafes.
by mplad September 18, 2006
Get the yuppiemug. A neighborhood or city where a large proportion of the residents are of Filipino descent. Perhaps the most well known example of a Little Manila is Daly City, California.
by mplad July 22, 2006
Get the Little Manilamug. A rich, good looking Hispanic man, primarily of european descent, who spends his spare time romancing white sorority girls at private universities.
Frat Boy 1: Are you still with Cindy?
Frat Boy 2: Nah man, I caught her in bed with some diego, so we broke up.
Frat Boy 2: Nah man, I caught her in bed with some diego, so we broke up.
by mplad March 03, 2007
Get the diegomug. A city to the immediate north of Stanford University and Palo Alto. The city is known for its upscale downtown and the strip along Sand Hill Road that is home to the largest concentration of Venture Capital firms in the world. The people who live in the town tend to have Graduate degrees and most of them can accurately be described as yuppies.
Standford Alumnus One: It is nice running into you, what is new in your life lately?
Standford Alumnus Two: Well, I just landed a job as an associate at an Investment Bank and purchased a home in Menlo Park.
Standford Alumnus Two: Well, I just landed a job as an associate at an Investment Bank and purchased a home in Menlo Park.
by mplad July 22, 2006
Get the Menlo Parkmug. A race of people who inhabit East Asia and parts of Southeast Asia and Central Asia. In addition, some scientists classify American Indians as members of the greater Mongoloid race due to the fact that their ancestors came from Asia thousands of years ago.
Typical of members of the Mongoloid race are straight black hair, charcoal black eyes, a short, roundish face, a low nose bridge, high cheekbones and epicanthal fodes that give the appearance of "slanted" eyes.
Typical of members of the Mongoloid race are straight black hair, charcoal black eyes, a short, roundish face, a low nose bridge, high cheekbones and epicanthal fodes that give the appearance of "slanted" eyes.
by Mplad February 08, 2007
Get the mongoloidmug. A city near San Mateo, on the edge of the San Francisco Bay near the San Mateo bridge. Built on reclaimed marshland, the city is an upscale, planned community surrounding lagoons with many waterfront homes. The town has a reputation as a Yuppie enclave and many Asians reside in Foster City.
by mplad July 22, 2006
Get the Foster Citymug. by Mplad August 24, 2006
Get the Ming Mingmug.