Alice Kahn & "Yuppie"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> Alice Kahn received much credit for coining "yuppie" in 1982 or 1983--now
> ruled out by that 1981 citation.

Kahn's usage was, I believe, only the fourth oldest usage I had found when
I researched this years ago.  Now, thanks to Barry's terrific discovery,
she is fifth.  (Kahn's usage, as I recall, was in 1983, and even later in
1983 than Bob Greene's.)

Fred Shapiro


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