Buppie Definition
bŭpē
noun
A young black city or suburban resident with a well-paid professional job and an affluent lifestyle.
American Heritage
An African American yuppie.
Webster's New World
(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.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Buppie
Noun
Singular:
buppie
Plural:
buppiesOrigin of Buppie
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Blend of black and yuppie or an abbreviation of black urban professional, modelled on yuppie (from young urban professional).
From Wiktionary
b(lack) (y)uppie
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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