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yuppifiˈcation colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Also yuppiefication.
[f. yuppie + -fication; cf. gentrification.]
The action or process by which an area, building, clothing, etc., becomes or is rendered characteristic of or suitable for yuppies. (Usu. disparaging.)
1984Time 9 Jan. 66 Some signs of imminent Yupification [sic]: forced relocation of candy stores and laundromats, the proliferation of gourmet-food stores, [etc.]. 1985Los Angeles Times 10 Mar. 76/5 The association with three Japanese masters brings conflicting thoughts. There are still places for the loner artist to escape ‘yuppification’. 1987Independent 17 Sep. 18/2 What Dickens is describing, I suddenly realised, is yuppification. The trendies were moving in. 1987Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 9/3 At a pre-conference meeting of Labour's National Executive, Left-wing critics such as Dennis Skinner scornfully dismissed what they describe as the ‘Yuppiefication’ of the party. 1988Christian Science Monitor 4 Feb. 23/1 In some ways the change reflects a trend—‘yuppification’ or ‘gentrification’ which is transforming many inner cities in the West.
Also ˈyuppify v. trans., to subject to yuppification; ˈyuppified ppl. a.
1984Listener 8 Mar. 27/1 They get into a district before anyone else and really yuppify it. 1984Adweek 17 Dec. 42/2 The marketer's never-never land between the 12-to-18-year-old MTV set and the yuppified Rolling Stone audience. 1985Washington Post 13 Feb. b4/1 A yuppified suit that converts to something sexier for after-hours wear. 1986Daily News (N.Y.) 23 May 41/1 Betty gets (shudder) yuppified. 1987Observer 16 Aug. 3/4 Their ‘bashers’ (shacks) will be forcibly removed by police to make way for developers who want to ‘yuppify’ the Charing Cross area. 1987Listener 24 Sept. 38/2 The dramatist sketches a new breed of yuppified ‘social managers’, obsessed with image-building and politicking to the exclusion of..justice. |