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buppie [ˈbʌpɪ] n
(Sociology) Informal (sometimes capital) an affluent young Black person [from B(lack) + (y)uppie] Translations buppie, buppy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 95): Mitchell the buppie and Raheim the homeboy get their sixth and final outing in the hot, hot series. Before long, Mashariki was living a quintessential buppie lifestyle that included a Harvard classmate fiance, a great apartment, a BMW, and an enviable job doing mergers and acquisitions work. Sanaa Lathan, until now an adequate place-holder in buppie comedies (``The Best Man,'' ``Brown Sugar'') and jockette romances (``Love and Basketball''), makes a memorable femme fatale out of the enticingly pronounced Ann Merai Harrison. |
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