单词 | guppie |
释义 | guppien.1 slang. A homosexual yuppie. ΚΠ 1984 R. Ash et al. Official Brit. Yuppie Handbk. viii. 16/1 There is one group that is totally universal: ‘Guppies’—Gay Urban Professionals (not to be confused with the tropical fish of the same name, which are usually much less exotic). 1986 Sunday Times 12 Oct. 48/1 The categorisation was refined to include the guppy (gay urban professional) and the bluppy (black urban professional). 1989 N.Y. Newsday 3 Feb. ii. 3/1 On Wednesdays at midnight, Razor Sharp appears with her Go-Go Boys at this upper West Side Guppie hangout. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020). guppien.2 slang. A yuppie who professes concern about the environment and ecological issues. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > professional > young > professing concern about the environment guppie1985 1985 Guardian 18 May 7/8 Designer Katherine Hamnett..is bringing fashion and politics together in a magazine aimed at Yuppies..and Guppies—the same species, in green, with peace and ecology on its conscience. 1989 Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 15/1 The magazine claims that..Hailes and her fellow thinkers, whom it derides as green yuppies or ‘guppies’, have ‘delivered the green movement into the lap of the industrialist’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.11984n.21985 |
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