Yumpie

Yumpie
/yum"pee/, n. (sometimes l.c.)
a young, well-educated person who has a professional career and aspires to a higher social and economic status; yuppie.
Also, Yumpy.
[1980-85, Amer.; y(oung) u(pwardly) m(obile) p(rofessional) (or p(erson)) + -IE; cf. YUPPIE]

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