What's a more modern term for "yuppie"?

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"Yuppie" is just what I need - a colloquial, ironic, and somewhat condescending word to describe young, hot-shot finance-types. The only problem is that it feels dated. Is there another, more modern word I could use to describe the same kind of person, with the same negative and/or ironic connotation?

Note: "Hipster" has occurred to me, but it isn't quite right because it applies more to the alternative or creative crowd, and not so much to Wall Street investment bankers.

Ivan · Answer

The other day I heard the term "YoPro" used (young professional).

The term refers to people in their 20s and 30s who are employed in a profession or white-collar occupation.

This means they are recent graduates of universities serving in professional careers.

It has developed off the term ‘yuppie’ that was used in the early 1980s to describe a young professional working in the city.

(thenewdaily.com)
However, I think that yuppie has the staying power to outlast YoPro... it just has a better ring to it.
YoPro sounds too much like a combination of GoPro and Yoplait for my taste.

user662852 · Answer

"Yuppie" entails many professions, as well as being associated with the Baby Boomer generation.  My primary association is the movie "The Big Chill" and the ABC drama "thirtysomething" so entails doctors, lawyers, actors, prestige journalists, young professors, designers, and other professions with status and enough money that you don't really have to worry about money.
For your use, I suggest Finance Bro
usage in The New Yorker
usage by Bloomberg
derogatory usage

What's a more modern term for "yuppie"?

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