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Stands for Old Urban Professionals. Yoppies are usually the parents of hipsters and musicians, overly intellectuals who defy the traditional institutionalized education, and are very concerned with their appearance. Many live in expensive houses and could also survive in the wild with the most top of the line recreational equipment. Extreme outdoorists.

Yoppies can typically be seen in medium metropolitan areas such as Salt Lake City or Denver. Their wardrobe consists vibrant, plaid, expensive top of the line material. Typically found in high end member only paid magazines. Half the attire can be used in a moments notice for a two week outdoor trip. Yoppies typically take the idea of competing for social status extremely seriously. Their culture revolves around locally owned coffee shops, Yetti/Pattagonia/Smart Wool products and smart recreational drugs on river trips. Yoppies generally only hold political views that are considered blue.

Many Yoppies go into fields such as non profits, wealthy positions in blue collar jobs, public administration, medicine and law. You may have worked with one.
I went to a summer blue grass show and it was filled with fresh herb and Yoppies.

Yoppies are what happens when hippies become old, anti-commi, and bougee.
Yoppie by Scott IIIIIV January 7, 2022
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Stands for Young Urban Professional. Yuppies are usually the children of doctors and lawyers, hold Master's degrees from Ivy League universities, and are very concerned with their appearance. Many were in fraternities and many live in expensive houses or apartments.

Yuppies can typically be seen in large metropolitan areas such as Portland or New York. Their wardrobe consists of grey, black or khakhi slacks, usually with grey, striped or pastel colored suit jackets and shirts. Yuppies typically take the idea of competing for social status extremely seriously. Their culture revolves around Starbucks coffee, expensive foreign restaurants and romantic comedies starring Julia Roberts or Tom Hanks. Yuppies generally only hold political views that are considered trendy.
Many yuppies go into fields such as politics, big business, public administration, medicine and law. You may have worked for one.
The most popular movie about yuppie culture is American Psycho.

Yuppies are what happens to hipsters and preps when they grow up.
Yuppie by douche bag from hell April 11, 2011
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Elitist Yuppie Scum 

A yuppie that has taken his/her obsession with wealth and status to a higher level in which even associating with their definition of poor people is considered dirty and degrading.
Guy A: Man, it's great seeing you guys, been years since college! We should get a hold of Geoff, that dude was the shit!

Guy B: That's not going to work.

Guy C: Yeah, Geoff is elitist yuppie scum now, he won't associate with us "poor folk."

Guy A: Poor? I make like $75,000 a year.

Guy B: Exactly.
Elitist Yuppie Scum by Red001 November 1, 2011

Hot Yippie 

A person who rides their bike to the grocery store with child in in tow.
If this hot yippie’s kid wasn’t so damn cute I’d slap him right off his yippie bike and give him a dirty sanchez.
Hot Yippie by PoneTone July 16, 2018

yuppie crack 

High quality, expensive coffee (i.e. Starbucks, Peets, etc.)
Give her the news after she has some yuppie crack.
yuppie crack by Dr. J. August 3, 2005

yuppie-nuremberg defense

the "yuppie nuremberg" defense is when someone does something they know is wrong but tries justify it by simply saying they're doing it for the money. typically a lame excuse. . from the film, "thank you for smoking."
1; You know what your doing is wrong.
2; Everybody has a mortgage to pay.
1; Ah, the yuppie-nuremberg defense.
someone that is really ugly. (chopped but worse)
have you seen Cian's new haircut?? he's so yopped.
Yopped by katlili May 4, 2022