イッフィー
Japanese
Etymology
First appears in Japanese in 1991 after coinage by Fortune magazine.
From English yiffie, from an acronym standing for young, independent, free (or some variant, such as free-minded), and few; used as a label for the generation after the yuppies.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iɸʲːiː]
Noun
イッフィー (rōmaji iffī)
- a yiffie: a member of the generation after the yuppies
References
- DataPal (electronic version), Shogakukan 1998. In Japanese.