Alice Kahn & "Yuppie"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:38:56 -0500, Mullins, Bill
<Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

>Sorry, Barry, but I can't figure out which of the cites below is the
>antedation for Yuppie.

The actual antedating was in Barry's previous post...

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_Chicago:  City on the brink; The social fallout of economic crisis Parts
of city have  become economic wastelands _
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=635134972&SrchMode=1&sid=7&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1121242009&clientId=65882)
R C Longworth.  Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file). Chicago, Ill.: May
13, 1981. p. 1 (2 pages)
First page:
It's almost a cliche to say that Chicago is a collection of neighborhoods.
Some are rich and healthy--Beverly with its mostly white population, Pill
Hill with its mostly black professionals, Lincoln Park with its Yuppies
(Young Urban Professionals).
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--Ben Zimmer