what is yuppie
plural yuppies also yuppy uk â /ËjÊpi/ us â US also YAP. âº a young person who lives in a city, earns a lot of money, and spends it doing fashionable things and buying expensive possessions: a yuppie bar/flat. the yuppie consumer/market. The term jetset can no longer be confined to yuppies, and international business executives.