Alice Kahn & "Yuppie"

Mullins, Bill Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Wed Jul 13 17:21:20 UTC 2005


 So it is.  Thanks much.

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> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Benjamin Zimmer
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> Subject: Re: Alice Kahn & "Yuppie"
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> 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=1121
> 242009&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
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