10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUPPIE»
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buppie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
buppie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Are You a
Buppie? No? Want to Bet?
BUPPIE? NO? WANT. TO. BET? svfidosAl/ mUNNINGl OEta «*Qn PMPw'H' *<m
4C0URT ^Wr .* *». coffee or lamb bargained for in rapid-fire Greek. Several
blocks away, mounds of merchandise on the sidewalks signal the flea market in ...
"Mixed Man" is the title because the main character, also named Mixed Man, is a very confused person. He sees and hears things which puzzle him as he tries to figure out where he belongs in society, or even of he belongs.
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Making Meanings, Creating Family : Intertextuality and ...
The next excerpt shows Natalie using “buppie” (here as “buppa”) to signal a
tantrum yet to come; it also reveals how Steve feels about Natalie's recurrent
tantrums. It is morning—a prime time for tantrums—and Steve had been making
himself ...
Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies Syracuse University Cynthia Gordon Assistant Profesor, 2009
4
Soulhunters (Chronicles of the Creator)
She couldn't summon Buppie again for twelve hours having to wait for just after
dusk. She'd have to track the giants the hard way. If only she could summon
Buppie, the tiny purple hound was a denizen of the death realm and could see
both in ...
5
Soul Gem (Chronicles of the Creator): Chronicles of the Creator
Jaydee held Buppie close and pointed her head toward the Dreadlords location,
“Do you see him Buppie?” Buppie yipped twice and then licked Jaydee, “take his
scent Buppie.” With a flash and a pop Buppie vanished from sight and returned ...
Colin W. R. Chadwick, 2012
Buppie cars are for function, not flash and dazzle. Colors remain in the trust-me
tan, ministerial gray and true-navy-blue variety, though occasionally someone
may break out with a deep-chocolate Mercedes or a pale persimmon Porsche.
plans to climb farther up the corporate ladder with New Jersey Bell's expanding
technology department, and Panton plans to have her own law firm, which will
specialize in corporate and real estate law. Middle Class By Birth "If a buppie can
...
8
Ponder with Canaan: Thoughts from a Clear City Night
Life. In. Buppyville? Have you ever heard of the Oreo cookie? Ever heard the
term 'yuppie'? Well the term describes people who are more affluent in our
American society. 'Buppie' on the other hand breaks it down even more. Urban
dictionary ...
Canaan W. E. J. Robinson, 2010
9
Wild Hunger: The Primal Roots of Modern Addiction
now dubbed “Buppie. " He stood in the dim garage. He was huge—she had not
spoken of the size—and though recently fed and with most of the filth cleaned ofli
had a very woebegone—but friendly—look. He was perhaps three-fourths ...
45 Buppie/buppie alteration of an earlier phrase, ``pass the buck'', meaning to
deny one's own responsibility for some action that one has committed.] budget
deficit (government) The debt the government acquires in any fiscal year when
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUPPIE»
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buppie is used in the context of the following news items.
Street Art, British Punk, Japanese Cute and Black Culture — All in …
... the second is "her politically correct milk-chocolate sister" AfroPuff and the third is Adahma, "the sophisticated black buppie type,” says Glenn. «LA Weekly, Apr 15»
Secrets and scandals good enough for fiction, but some of it's true
Weighing heavily on her mind was the prospect of failure: two prior books she'd penned (one a "buppie" romance and the other, "dark fiction") ... «Baltimore Sun, Mar 15»
Malcolm X: Spike Lee's biopic is still absolutely necessary
Hostility came from other quarters: radical black playwright Amiri Baraka mocked Lee in the media as a middle-class “buppie” and, having ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Bill Cosby: Is he being treated fairly?
... spirits and aspirations, and it helped the other communities to understand us a little bit better and view us differently during the Buppie era. «Northdallasgazette, Nov 14»
Lena Dunham, Emily Nussbaum and the Mixed Messages of 1980s TV
"Cosby" was a very old-school sitcom, except that it put a black buppie family in place of the old-school "Father Knows Best" idea — but in the ... «Indie Wire, Aug 14»
Take Me To The Pilots '14: ABC's 'Black-ish'
... is no longer putting the "B" in "Buppie" and that they need to recover their racial identity -- that is basically abandoned by the end of the pilot. «HitFix, Jun 14»
I Know You Got Soul: The Trouble With Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Chart
... the founders of the Def Jam label—black radio, then dominated by the smoothest forms of buppie-R&B, was slow to accept hip-hop, even as ... «Pitchfork Media, Apr 14»
A trio of Hollywood remakes makes me wonder: Where did our lust …
... package for members of the then-popular Brat Pack, the new film taps into a burgeoning market all its own: buppie – i.e. black yuppie – films. «The Globe and Mail, Feb 14»
Review: Twin Musicals BAYSIDE! and SHOWGIRLS! Provide …
Justin Cimino literally speaks out of the side of his mouth for his herky-jerky Screech and Shamira Clark's Lisa gets a chance to drop the buppie ... «Broadway World, Jan 14»
James Avery, RIP [PHOTOS]
... and Uncle Phil, Will's firm but loving guardians; cousins Hillary (the original Black American princess) and Carlton, the prototypical buppie. «EBONY.com, Jan 14»
