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Yuppie vs Hipster - What's the difference?

yuppie | hipster |

As nouns the difference between yuppie and hipster

is that yuppie is a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle while hipster is a person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.

yuppie

English

Noun

(wikipedia yuppie) (en noun)
  • (informal) a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle

    • Derived terms

    * buppie * yuppie food stamp

    Related terms

    * yumpie

    hipster

    English

    (wikipedia hipster)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
  • A member of Bohemian counterculture.
  • An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
  • Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

    • Derived terms

    * blipster * hipsterdom * hipsterish * hipsterism