Gus Van Sant

The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation, our yuppie culture, our SUVs, or, you know, shopping culture, our war culture.

American Director

Sarah Wayne Callies

I'm learning to hunt with rifles, because if you think about it, hunting gets you the healthiest meat - organic, free-range food. It's a totally yuppie spin on what I thought was kind of a redneck occupation.

American Actress

Tucker Carlson

All that chatter you hear from yuppie parents at the playground about how expensive it is to 'do' bathrooms? It's all true. Every word, and worse.

American Journalist

John Zorn

I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

American Composer

Lloyd Kaufman

Fast Food Nation' was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.

Eric Goode

If hotels are replacing nightclubs, then they're replacing nightclubs for yuppies.

Ken Hakuta

It was very enticing to become a yuppie, but I didn't want to do that.

South Korean Inventor

Abel Ferrara

I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

American Writer

Hillary Clinton

American Politician

Originated in the 1980s, reflects attitudes and values of that time.

Era Origin

Used informally, sometimes with mild disapproval or envy.

Slang Use

Yuppie can stereotype someone as materialistic and self-centered.

Cultural Stereotype

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