huppie

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ʌpi

Etymology 1

Blend of Hispanic +‎ yuppie

Noun

huppie (plural huppies)

(slang) A Hispanic yuppie; an affluent professional of Latin American descent.
- 1986 August 20, Michael Spies, “Bilingual comic uses the language of laughter”, in Houston Chronicle:
  Among the work he has been doing have been films such as “D.C. Cab” and this year’s “Quicksilver”, a Kevin Bacon Wall-Street-on-wheels vehicle, in which he played an aspiring huppie (Hispanic Urban Professional).
- 1989 March 3, Maurice Carroll, “Pols and Politics; Political Writers Ready for Show”, in Newsday (New Your):
  Wiscovitch calls himself a “huppie”. Which, he translates, is a Hispanic Yuppie.
- 1997, Culture Clash, Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy, →ISBN, page 52:
  The vato is a Huppie. HErbErt: What's a Huppie? ric: You know, a Hispanic Yuppie.
- 1999 February 15, Greg Hinz, “Vying for Hot Hispanic Votes”, in Crain’s Chicago Business:
  Mr. Munoz stresses that the crime rate has been dropping in Little Village and that he backs a tax-increment financing district in his ward — a controversial stance in other Hispanic areas. Because the neighborhood is improving, “folks like me — yuppies, luppies, huppies, whatever you want to call them — will be able to find homes here,” he says, referring to the Latino and Hispanic variations of young urban professionals.

Etymology 2

Blend of hippie +‎ yuppie

Noun

huppie (plural huppies)

(slang) An affluent professional with stereotypical left-wing social and political views or lifestyle.
- 1993, Delia Ephron, The Girl who Changed the World, page 92:
  "Look who's talking." "Hippie, huppie, baldy," screamed a voice. "Oh my gosh, it's Annabel again."
- 2010, Mark Pendergrast, Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World, →ISBN, page 347:
  He accused the well-intentioned folks who sell Fair Trade coffee of "cultural imperialism," blasting those who blend "suffering, pain, and humiliation" into the beans they sell to "the affluent but guilt-ridden, Birkenstock-shod, politically correct, myopically naive creature known as the huppie”—whom he defined as a combination hippie-yuppie.
- 2010 June 8, Jason Sheftell, “East Side story: Off Avenue D, The Flowerbox is the best building you've never seen”, in New York Daily News:
  To be a huppie, you have to know how to make a little money. You want to live well, but keep in touch with the real world.

单词	huppie
释义	huppie English Pronunciation Rhymes: -ʌpi Etymology 1 Blend of Hispanic +‎ yuppie Noun huppie (plural huppies) (slang) A Hispanic yuppie; an affluent professional of Latin American descent. 1986 August 20, Michael Spies, “Bilingual comic uses the language of laughter”, in Houston Chronicle: Among the work he has been doing have been films such as “D.C. Cab” and this year’s “Quicksilver”, a Kevin Bacon Wall-Street-on-wheels vehicle, in which he played an aspiring huppie (Hispanic Urban Professional). 1989 March 3, Maurice Carroll, “Pols and Politics; Political Writers Ready for Show”, in Newsday (New Your): Wiscovitch calls himself a “huppie”. Which, he translates, is a Hispanic Yuppie. 1997, Culture Clash, Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy, →ISBN, page 52: The vato is a Huppie. HErbErt: What's a Huppie? ric: You know, a Hispanic Yuppie. 1999 February 15, Greg Hinz, “Vying for Hot Hispanic Votes”, in Crain’s Chicago Business: Mr. Munoz stresses that the crime rate has been dropping in Little Village and that he backs a tax-increment financing district in his ward — a controversial stance in other Hispanic areas. Because the neighborhood is improving, “folks like me — yuppies, luppies, huppies, whatever you want to call them — will be able to find homes here,” he says, referring to the Latino and Hispanic variations of young urban professionals. Etymology 2 Blend of hippie +‎ yuppie Noun huppie (plural huppies) (slang) An affluent professional with stereotypical left-wing social and political views or lifestyle. 1993, Delia Ephron, The Girl who Changed the World, page 92: "Look who's talking." "Hippie, huppie, baldy," screamed a voice. "Oh my gosh, it's Annabel again." 2010, Mark Pendergrast, Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World, →ISBN, page 347: He accused the well-intentioned folks who sell Fair Trade coffee of "cultural imperialism," blasting those who blend "suffering, pain, and humiliation" into the beans they sell to "the affluent but guilt-ridden, Birkenstock-shod, politically correct, myopically naive creature known as the huppie”—whom he defined as a combination hippie-yuppie. 2010 June 8, Jason Sheftell, “East Side story: Off Avenue D, The Flowerbox is the best building you've never seen”, in New York Daily News: To be a huppie, you have to know how to make a little money. You want to live well, but keep in touch with the real world.
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