English Explanatory Dictionary

buppie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A black urban professional; an African-American professional or executive in their late twenties or early thirties.

Word forms

buppie buppies buppy

Etymology

Blend of black + yuppie or an abbreviation of black urban professional, modelled on yuppie (“young urban professional”).

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