"イッフィー" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [iɸʲːiː] Forms: iffī [romanization]
Etymology: First appears in Japanese in 1991 after coinage by Fortune magazine. From English yiffie, from an acronym standing for young, independent, free (or some variant, such as free-minded), and few; used as a label for the generation after the yuppies. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|yiffie}} English yiffie Head templates: {{ja-noun}} イッフィー • (iffī)
  1. a yiffie: a member of the generation after the yuppies
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