different between luppie vs buppie

English

Etymology

Blend of lesbian +? yuppie, Blend of Latino +? yuppie

Noun

luppie (plural luppies)

1. A high-earning gay woman living in a major urban area.
   • 2000, Bell Hooks, Where we stand: class matters, page 138

     A luppie (lesbian professional) doesn't need to harm or displace a fly

2. (rare) A high-earning Latino living in a major urban area.

Related terms

• guppie
• guppy

References

• Slang: The Topical Dictionary of Americanisms

Anagrams

• pile up, pile-up, pileup, uppile

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.