Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [buhp-ee]
- /ˈbʌp i/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [buhp-ee]
- /ˈbʌp i/
Definitions of buppie word
- noun buppie an affluent young Black person 3
- noun buppie an African-American yuppie 3
- noun plural buppie a young, upwardly mobile black professional. 1
- noun buppie (Slang) (US) short for "black urban professional", a African American subset of the yuppie category. The group includes black professionals and executives in their late twenties and early thirties. 0
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Origin of buppie
First appearance:
before 1980 One of the 1% newest English words
1980-85, Americanism; b(lack) u(rban) p(rofessional), on the model of yuppie
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Parts of speech for Buppie
noun
adjective
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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
buppie popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
buppie usage trend in Literature
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