yuppify

Meaning

1. verb To redevelop (an urban area or commercial premises) so as to attract affluent young professionals as residents or clientele.

   This used to be an honest old-fashioned backstreet boozer but, like Fulham itself, the pub has had its soul ripped out since it has been yuppified

Similar words

youngify urban-renew upmarket redevelop urbanize youthenize youthify youthfulize youthfulise gentrify

Word family

yuppification yuppifications yuppified yuppifies yuppifying