Meaning of yup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Yukpa
2. A yes; an affirmative answer.
   informal
3. Clipping of yuppie.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
4. Initialism of Yale University Press.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Initialism of young urban professional.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A yes; an affirmative answer
7. A yuppie.
8. Yes
9. an informal word for yes
10. Clipping of yuppie
11. adv (US inf: = yes) → ja, jawoll (inf)
    adv

Equivalents

Examples

“One was either a Yup or a Nope, depending upon his answer⟳ to that age-old question⟳, "Gotcher deer yet?" I, of course, was still a Nope. Although Yups and Nopes looked pretty much alike they were as different as mallards from mongooses.”

“But you positively must have⟳ much, much more than the laconic "yups" and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...”

“She'd ask⟳ him a question⟳ that couldn't be answered by a "yup" or a "nope.”

“It was just Yup or Nope. One thing I did notice⟳, though, was that there was no pattern to the Yups and Nopes.”

“Petey's end⟳ was all yups and nopes. And an okay.”

“His hands moved, gesturing towards the two bidders, enticing them to raise⟳ their stakes against each other, as he chanted a litany of numbers followed by “going once, going twice” only to be followed by a resounding “yup” as he turned, alternately, towards each of the two men.”

“A rotating cast⟳ of auctioneers unleashed a torrent of increasingly high bids, speaking at a machine gun's pace while a chorus of increasingly aggressive "yups" emerged from the audience.”

“What we have⟳ these days is a diverse spectrum of yuppiness: guppies, buppies, indie yups, paleo-yups, luxe yups, schlub yups, dharma yups, tyro yups, crypto-yups.”

“He idled at a red light⟳, saw⟳ two yups in matching cranberry crewnecks and khaki cargo shorts sitting on the pavement outside what used to be Primo's Pizza.”

“Maxine has joined her sister Brooke's state-of-the-art health club Megareps around the corner but isn't quite used yet to this nightly spectacle of yups on treadmills, plodding to nowhere while watching CNN or the sports channels […]”

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