buppie
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
A variation of the word yuppie.
[edit] Noun
buppie (plural buppies)
- (US, slang) short for "black urban professional", a African American subset of the yuppie category. The group includes black professionals and executives in their late twenties and early thirties.
[edit] Usage notes
The term is sometimes used in derogatory fashion to discuss Black Americans who place an extreme emphasis on materialism. Jobs associated with buppies include: consultant, investment banker, doctor, Lawyer or engineer.
[edit] References
- Official Buppie Handbook (Black Urban Professional), by Thayer William Staples and Katherine McMillan Staples. (1985) ISBN 0-937071-00-5
- "Meet the buppies: A decade into democracy, South Africa's elite blacks prosper. But their glitz and glam hide a world-class inequality that only gets worse", by Jenifer Abrahamson, salon.com, April 29, 2004.
