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Luppie vs Buppie - What's the difference?

luppie | buppie |

As nouns the difference between luppie and buppie

is that luppie is a high earning gay female living in a major urban area while buppie is (us|slang) 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.

luppie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A high earning gay female 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
  • (rare) A high earning latino living in a major urban area

    • Related terms

    * guppie * guppy

    References

    * Slang: The Topical Dictionary of Americanisms

    buppie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) 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.

    • 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 or engineer.

    References

    * Official Buppie Handbook (Black Urban Professional) , by Thayer William Staples and Katherine McMillan Staples. (1985) ISBN 0-937071-00-5 * "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.