different between duppie vs buppie

English

Etymology 1

A Caribbean patois word, of West African origin.

Noun

duppie (plural duppies)

1. Alternative spelling of duppy

Etymology 2

Blend of depressed +? yuppie.

Noun

duppie (plural duppies)

1. An urban professional suffering from depression, especially one who has lost a high-paying job and been forced to take up lower-paying work.
   • 2003, Leslie Haggin Geary, "Here come the 'Duppies' ", CNN/Money, 17 June 2003:

     Older Duppies who've lived through previous layoffs seem prepared for the emotional and financial shifts that a protracted job loss can bring.

   • 2003, Rene A. Guzman, "Overeducated and underemployed", San Antonio Express-News, 18 July 2003:

     In recent months, the founder and director of Life Transitions career counseling and life coaching in San Antonio has seen plenty of duppies struggle with escalating debts and depression.

     "The reality may be that they might have to take on what we call a 'stop-loss job,'" Lincoln says, referring to a lower-paying position the typical duppie once scoffed at.

   • 2004, Joyce Lain Kennedy, "Learning To Read Is Essential", Sun Sentinel, 19 April 2004:

     In fact, I've seen the term "duppies," which means depressed urban professionals who take jobs at a lower level than their old employment. But, as you recognize, duppies can pass through more hiring portals because they can read.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:duppie.

Dutch

Etymology

From a clipping of dubbeltje +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.pi/
• Hyphenation: dup?pie
• Rhymes: -?pi

Noun

duppie n (plural duppies)

1. (colloquial, Netherlands) dubbeltje

   Synonyms: beisje, dubbeltje

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?pi

Noun

buppie (plural buppies)

1. (US, slang) A black urban professional; an African American subset of the yuppie category. The group includes black professionals and executives in their late twenties and early thirties.

Usage notes

The term is sometimes used in derogatory fashion to discuss Black Americans who place an extreme emphasis on materialism. Jobs associated with buppies include consultant, investment banker, doctor, lawyer, accountant, and engineer.

References

• Official Buppie Handbook (Black Urban Professional), by Thayer William Staples and Katherine McMillan Staples. (1985) ?ISBN
• "Meet the buppies: A decade into democracy, South Africa's elite blacks prosper. But their glitz and glam hide a world-class inequality that only gets worse", by Jenifer Abrahamson, salon.com, April 29, 2004.