I believe yuppie stands for Young Upwardly-mobile Professional
Person. The go getters of the 1980s as opposed to the hippies
and yippies of earlier decades who claimed money wasn't
important.
--Tom
Chris Brogden wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, petit miam wrote:
>
> > Speaking as a YUPPie (literal sense - Young Unattached
> > Professional Person)
>
> It's okay to be attached... I've heard "yuppie" as "Young Urban
> Professional." Then there's the "Dual Income, No Kids." :)
>
> > If you have the money, and your kids won't starve for the next week,
> > go for it.
>
> Bah... what's a week to a kid? They'll forget all about it in a
> month. Builds character, too. :)
>
> chris
>
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