yuppity

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US[ˈjʌpɨɾi]

adverb

Yes.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

yuppity1

adverbyuppity (not comparable)
  1. colloquialnot comparableYes.

    >Bob Dylan. Yuppity. Dat's de guy.

    2004 August 31, John Hatpin, “Re: Biography quiz III”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    >and she's got it to work properly now, Yuppity! =)

    2000 May 27, Adeline, “Re: Matthew Perry in car accident?”, in alt.tv.friends (Usenet)

    >The rule you quote here would match any From: line that had something >after From: and outside the angle brackets. According to the Turnpike >Help File - which you really ought to read if you intend to embark upon >this sort of exercise: Yuppity!

    2003 October 20, Wm… [username], “Re: What is a "reverse path"”, in demon.ip.support.turnpike (Usenet)

yuppity2

adjectiveyuppity (comparative more yuppity, superlative most yuppity)

comparative more yuppity · superlative most yuppity

  1. informalPosh, snooty.

    She was dressed to the nines. Not in an all-black, yuppity, Coach handbag kind of way, but in a distinctly Mercyx way.

    2011, James Bernard Frost, A Very Minor Prophet, Hawthorne Books, →ISBN, page 65
    2 more examples

    The Bodeguita del Medio takes its name from Ernest Hemingway's favorite bar in downtown Havana, and in honor of the Cuban connection it has a cigar-smoking "divan" at the back of the house. The earth may not move for him any more, but Hemingway is all over this yuppity little California Avenue joint — along with Bill Clinton.

    2003, Elgy Gillespie, The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 432

    “Yeah, that yuppity one up the street is where all the FBI guys go, but they wouldn't be caught dead in this place. […]

    2010, Steve Westover, Defensive Tactics, Bonneville Books, →ISBN, page 53

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

Origin

yuppity · adverb

Alteration of yup.

Full word history & related roots →

yuppity · adjective

Possibly a blend of yuppie and uppity.

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Cite this entry
APA

yuppity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yuppity

MLA

“yuppity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yuppity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yuppity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yuppity.

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