Comment by ryandrake
5 days ago
Or before that, yuppies. YUP simply stood for the very neutral "Young Urban Professional" but "yuppies" somehow became a slur and nobody wanted to self-identify.
5 days ago
Or before that, yuppies. YUP simply stood for the very neutral "Young Urban Professional" but "yuppies" somehow became a slur and nobody wanted to self-identify.
IME (Australia), the U was "upwardly-mobile" which I always took to mean someone ambitious, who dressed "for the job they want, rather than the job they have".
Also in Australia, by my recollection, Yuppie was a slur from the outset, there was no initial neutral period: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOfd1QTW54