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yuppie food stamp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
yup-pie -food s-tamp
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A $20 bill, as dispensed from an ATM.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

Like yuppie flu, the term originally connoted (and may still connote) contempt by working-class people for others who are perceived as rich, undeserving, and soft. The stereotype-laden imagery is that a yuppie throws twenties around like a poor person might throw food stamps around, neither one wholly deserving the resource that they are profligately consuming. Class antagonism is implicit in both directions, upward and downward.

Usage

Inflected Forms

yuppie food stamps (plural)

Questions

What does yuppie food stamp mean?
A $20 bill, as dispensed from an ATM.
Where does yuppie food stamp come from?
Like yuppie flu, the term originally connoted (and may still connote) contempt by working-class people for others who are perceived as rich, undeserving, and soft. The stereotype-laden imagery is that a yuppie throws twenties around like a poor person might throw food stamps around, neither one wholly deserving the resource that they are profligately consuming. Class antagonism is implicit in both directions, upward and downward.

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