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luppie n.
  1. A latino urban professional (latino + yuppie).

  2. A lesbian urban professional (lesbian + yuppie).

Example Citation:
  1. "There's nothing surprising about Hayek occupying Latina's cover—every issue is devoted to the Latin community. But, then again, there's nothing surprising in any part of their July issue. They're going after the 'luppies,' but apparently these ladies don't want to read anything risque."
    —"On the Newsstand," New York Post, June 21, 1999

  2. "Sandy and Robin are of a type of lipstick lesbian sometimes known in the community as 'car-phone lesbians' or 'luppies': successful, glamorous and unapologetically middle-class."
    —Lindsy Van Gelder, "Lipstick Liberation," Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1992

Related Words:
duppie
gayby boom
gaydar
hasbian
huppie
post-gay
scuppie
skippie

Subject Categories:
Sociology - Demographics
Sociology - Gay and Lesbian
Sociology - People

Posted on November 15, 1999


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