Buppie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Buppie is a noun meaning (US, slang) A black urban professional; an African-American professional or executive in their late twenties or early thirties.
Meaning
(US, slang) A black urban professional; an African-American professional or executive in their late twenties or early thirties.
Example Sentences
In Spike Lee’s story of interracial romance, Jungle Fever (June), Wesley Snipes plays a young buppie New York architect whose affair with his Italian-American secretary (Annabella Sciorra) threatens his marriage and her relationship to her family.
Word Forms
- buppies
- buppy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include buppy, yuppie, huppie, bussie, yuppy, bummle.
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