It saw rapid expansion as the niche became - in yuppie fashion - mainstream. From Wordnik.com. [Starbucks to Double Its Purchase of Fair Trade Coffee in 2009] Reference
Mr. Towers finds it unusual that a yuppie should be a former English major in Columbia and that I do not know how real yuppies talk. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Mind If I Do] Reference
The word "yuppie" was coined at that time, and met its death there too. From Wordnik.com. [The Puppet Maker] Reference
In 1984, Walter F. Mondale used it to undermine Gary Hart's "yuppie" campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Schulman: When Elite Get Tough] Reference
That was quite unusual because it was during the boom of '85 and' 86, when the term "yuppie" was created. From Wordnik.com. [Louise McCready: Florent, Queen of the Meat Market, on Parisians, French Fries, and Forgiveness] Reference
No, I'm definitely not a "yuppie", "tree-hugger", or any other biased stereotype you'd like to use to classify me. From Wordnik.com. [when you walk through a storm...] Reference
Instead, we now have seedy party towns or "yuppie". From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
I am a "yuppie" by the your definition of the term. From Wordnik.com. [Kafila] Reference
If they think we are going to go "yuppie" they are very mistaken. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
China Town areas, Soho areas and the 'yuppie' Dockland type areas. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
As for Hummer, I could'nt care less what happens to the "yuppie" SUV. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
That would abbreviate into MEMCRY, but let's just use the word 'yuppie'. From Wordnik.com. [Kafila] Reference
As the "yuppie" owner of a duplex not too far from this location, this demolition doesn't anger me. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Because of the beach lifestyle it is a 'yuppie' paradise, and the average age of the residents is mid twenties. From Wordnik.com. [PA Pundits - International] Reference
George Orwell recognized the lack of bleeding-heart patriotism in many leftist "yuppie" intellectuals not as a virtue, but a fault. From Wordnik.com. [Infowars] Reference
The apartments are handsome, and yuppie-luxurious. From Wordnik.com. [From Mao to Wow!] Reference
Then there's the two yuppie couples across from us. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
Each yuppie had a walk-man and as each one passed me by. From Wordnik.com. [Yuppies In The Sky] Reference
ROBERTSON: It's a tough challenge for this Saudi yuppie. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2004] Reference
The yuppie in him had been exorcized; Mr. Downtown was back. From Wordnik.com. [Manhattan Is My Beat]
He loves -- he's the yuppie Bill Buckley, they say, the pundit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Bush and Gore Prepare for Final Push Before Election Day; Tennessee and Florida Remain up for Grabs - October 29, 2000] Reference
But it's one thing for a rich yuppie to spend so extravagantly. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
COSTELLO: Kind of a yuppie kind of place to live, would you say?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2003] Reference
The cheesy plutocrat and his yuppie acolytes might have an answer. From Wordnik.com. [THE DONALD AND THE DEMOCRATS] Reference
White+young+whimsically named dog usually equaled yuppie around here. From Wordnik.com. [Butchers Hill]
Yes, I am unfortunately a yuppie, as the blue collar workers call me. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Grace] Reference
How could Cordelia have fallen for a pretentious yuppie like Claire Ogilvie?. From Wordnik.com. [Deadline for Murder]
And they have that commercial, where you know, he's just -- he's a yuppie now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Bill Maher Discusses the Republican National Convention - August 4, 2000] Reference
Brett has set up our yuppie lawn chairs replete with footrests and cup holders. From Wordnik.com. [Ways in Which Looks Deceive] Reference
The true hippies were gone and their yuppie replacements completely freaked me out. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin of the Drug Pyramid: An excerpt from the Rev. Timothy Clarity's memoir, "And On the Eighth Day, God Tripped"] Reference
A management consult-investment banker type, she's achieved perfect yuppie blandness. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: Honk if You Just Can't Get Enough of Chelsea and Marc] Reference
Murdoch is forsaking his tabloid heart in the quest for mainstream, yuppie respectability. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble with Judith] Reference
I look at it as people's attitudes towards their credit cards as a form of yuppie food stamps. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2006] Reference
Vermont, like Connecticut has a lot -- you should excuse the express expression, yuppie voters. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2008] Reference
Fans are evolving from the stereotypical beer guzzling good old boys to wine sipping yuppie types. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2006] Reference
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