yuccie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A young, fashionable upper-middle class person, especially one employed in media or creative industries; a materialist hipster.
Derogatory; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Let's consider something new: Yuccies. Young Urban Creatives. In a nutshell, a slice of Generation Y, borne of suburban comfort, indoctrinated with the transcendent power of education, and infected by the conviction that not only do we deserve to pursue our dreams; we should profit from them."
- ""They are divisive. There is already a backlash in the United States where there’s a new ideal; the ‘yuccie.’ " It is an acronymn^([sic]) for Young Urban Creatives, who prefer the "stricter, sleeker look," according to Withey."
- "A typical yuccie loves succulents; a hipster would categorise them as a mainstream household plant."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: -ie