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yuppify

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day · Merriam-Webster

February 16, 20181m 43s

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 16, 2018 is:


yuppify \YUP-uh-fye\ verb

: to make appealing to yuppies; also : to infuse with the qualities or values of yuppies


Examples:

My sister rents an expensive apartment in a neighborhood that was recently yuppified.

"In those days, Surry Hills was a working-class suburb, and while its northern edges have been yuppified, the southern end around Cleveland Street maintains a vestige of the old feel." — Ean Higgins, The Australian, 31 July 2017

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