yuppy

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʌpi === Noun === yuppy (plural yuppies) Alternative spelling of yuppie. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === yuppie, yupi === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -upi Syllabification: yup‧py Rhymes: -api === Noun === yuppy m (plural yuppys) yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.