different between duppie vs yuppie

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

Alternative forms

• yuppy

Etymology

Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, +? -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?j?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?j?pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi

Noun

yuppie (plural yuppies)

1. (informal) a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.

Synonyms

• bobo
• yumpie
• yup, YUP

Derived terms

Translations

French

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

1. yuppie

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English yuppie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jup.pi/

Noun

yuppie m or f (plural yuppies)

1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Derived terms

• yuppismo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English yuppie.

Noun

yuppie m, f (plural yuppies)

1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Spanish

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

1. Alternative spelling of yuppy