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Retiring Urban Professionals, 50-65, representing the leading edge consumers and influencers of the 70 million Baby Boomer demographic cohort in the United States.
As YUPPIES in the 1980s, they bought condos, drove BMWs, and drank Perrier. Now, as RUPPIES, they have seen the value of their McMansions and portfolios slashed, but continue to buy more luxury cars, high end entertainment products, and adventure travel than any other group in the United States.
RUPPIES by Tropical Fox February 24, 2011
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A portmanteau of yuppie + remote worker

A young person often of the millennial or gen z generation who has a high income with little expenses.

The people will remotely work nice tourist areas of the USA like asheville, austin, or denver. They do not or have often have put of having children/families so they have disposable income to blow on luxury goods.
Person 1: Why are all these people suddenly moving to austin? How can they even afford it?
Person 2: It's just a bunch of ruppies. They put off having families so they could take out huge loans on BMWs and McMansions and live in expense...
Person 1: So they're just glorified yuppies?
Person 2: Yep pretty much.
Ruppie by Zillennial September 17, 2022
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A portmanteau of remote worker + yuppie:

A younger individual, most likely of the millennial or gen z generation who works remotely at a high income job or career remotely that has a high income and has disposable money to spend on luxury goods like gucci or prada. Often with no kids or family and will blow all of their income on impressing their coworkers with a luxury lifestyle.
Person 1: Why are there a bunch of ruppies in Asheville?
Person 2: Well... They have no kids and expenses so they are spending their income on living in beautiful scenery and expensive clothes!
Person 1: These assholes are gentrifying our weirdness!
Ruppie by Zillennial September 17, 2022
Another term for a bong hit
Q: Dude, wanna go hike up to that lake?

A: Yeah but first lets take a couple a rippies.
rippies by slanzer October 18, 2007
a fat, retarded female beagle. you will know one when you see one, they are fat, if you howl at them, they will howl at you, and is a female beagle.
you:" here rupples!"
rupples:"hoooooooooowl!"
you:"your retarded."
rupples:"bruuup"
rupples by redninja141 January 8, 2010
The act of inhaling marijuana usually from a bong device
Peter and bob menery took some rippies before the game
Rippies by Shak13 October 10, 2018
A person who smokes a large amount of marijuana in an effort to relax and pass the time with friends.
I had some rippies last night with Jake and Bruce.
Rippies by SendU2StJude January 27, 2022