Definitions

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  • noun A high earning gay person living in a major urban area, especially a male
  • noun Alternative form of guppy.

Etymologies

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Blend of gay and yuppie.

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Back-formation from guppies.

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Examples

  • Shawn left Mason and I to our own devices for four hours on Sunday, and we immediately ran out to Petsmart and bought a female guppie, who Mason named Sierra Leone (continuing the African nation theme).

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008

  • Snails were mentioned as possible cleaner-companions for my macho-mini-fish-dude, but when I asked the pet store people about this, they acted like I'd asked for a guppie recipe.

    Friday variety pack, now with Bonus! charming ichthyoid moriarty6 2007

  • My grandchildren get more serious thoughts out of their pet guppie.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • In Six Feet Under there's only one gay representative, and as a result David is forced to exemplify the worst traits of the repressed Col. Frank Fitts and the guppie Jims.

    Six Inches Under 2004

  • In Six Feet Under there's only one gay representative, and as a result David is forced to exemplify the worst traits of the repressed Col. Frank Fitts and the guppie Jims.

    Six Inches Under 2004

  • She herself was hard to categorize as a young guppie, either roughhousing with the tomboys, acquiring ripped shorts and bruised knees, or hanging around the sidelines with the girlie girls in their white lacy anklettes and moist undies.

    HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000

  • She herself was hard to categorize as a young guppie, either roughhousing with the tomboys, acquiring ripped shorts and bruised knees, or hanging around the sidelines with the girlie girls in their white lacy anklettes and moist undies.

    HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000

  • She herself was hard to categorize as a young guppie, either roughhousing with the tomboys, acquiring ripped shorts and bruised knees, or hanging around the sidelines with the girlie girls in their white lacy anklettes and moist undies.

    HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000

  • "The pet shop industry has done consumers a great disservice by marketing bearded dragons as a 'easy to care for,' much like a guppie or a terrapin," said Chris Johnson, author and expert pogona breeder.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • "The pet shop industry has done consumers a great disservice by marketing bearded dragons as a 'easy to care for,' much like a guppie or a terrapin," said Chris Johnson, author and expert pogona breeder.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

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  • Gay urban professional. User of Pink money.

    June 3, 2008

  • Not to be confused with a guppy.

    June 3, 2008