buppie
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Meaning · English
A black urban professional; an African-American professional or executive in their late twenties or early thirties.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
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.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “buppie” mean?
A black urban professional; an African-American professional or executive in their late twenties or early thirties.
Is “buppie” formal or informal?
buppie is generally slang.