Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 17, 2016
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Transcript:
Joanie: Hi, make your deadline? Rick: Yup, thanks for covering. How'd it go in the park? Joanie: Okay. Listen, Rick, do you think we made a mistake not looking at Hilldale for Jeffrey? Rick: "Jeffrey?" You haven't called him that since he was a baby. Joanie: Jeff, Jeffrey, what's the difference? Rick: I take it you talked to a y-mother today. Joanie: Are they in all the parks. Rick: Of course not. Only in the right ones.
Of course, the “y” in yuppie is for “young.” “Young upwardly-mobile professional,” as coined by some demographic authority (probably an advertising analyst). So whether Marc was young at 35, in addition to being professional, matters.