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Uppity vs Yuppity - What's the difference?

uppity | yuppity |

As adjectives the difference between uppity and yuppity

is that uppity is presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty while yuppity is (informal) posh, snooty.

As an adverb yuppity is

(colloquial) yes.

uppity

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
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    Usage notes

    * Be careful about using this in interracial situations: White US Americans used this to describe black people whom they considered not submissive and subservient enough.

    yuppity

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of yup.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Yes.
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    Synonyms
    * See also .

    Etymology 2

    Possibly a blend of yuppie and uppity.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Posh, snooty.
  • * 2003 , Elgy Gillespie, The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants , Rough Guides (2003), ISBN 9781843530992, page 432:
    • The Bodeguita del Medio takes its name from Ernest Hemingway's favorite bar in downtown Havana, and in honor of the Cuban connection it has a cigar-smoking "divan" at the back of the house. The earth may not move for him any more, but Hemingway is all over this yuppity little California Avenue joint — along with Bill Clinton.
  • * 2010 , Steve Westover, Defensive Tactics , Bonneville Books (2010), ISBN 9781599554457, page 53:
    • “Yeah, that yuppity one up the street is where all the FBI guys go, but they wouldn't be caught dead in this place.
  • * 2011 , James Bernard Frost, A Very Minor Prophet , Hawthorne Books (2011), ISBN 9780983304982, page 65:
    • She was dressed to the nines. Not in an all-black, yuppity , Coach handbag kind of way, but in a distinctly Mercyx way.