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Andrey
meaning of yumpy
Hi!
I've recently watched Harry Potter and there was a sentence 'the boy has gone yumpy'. What does it mean?
27 janv. 2019 20:51
Réponses · 2
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By looking around the internet, it seems like a lot of people have not heard it before Harry Potter.
According to dicitonary.com it has the meaning of:
a young, well-educated person who has a professional career and aspires to a higher social and economic status
Here is the source:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/yumpy
It also says that the origin of this word was from the pharse: y(oung) u(pwardly) m(obile) p(rofessional) (or p(erson)
27 janvier 2019
1
This appears to be either a made up word or exclusive to a British Public School
https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/2krt7g/movie_specific_vocabulary_question/
Gives a good explanation
27 janvier 2019
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Andrey
Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Roumain, Russe, Ukrainien
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Anglais, Roumain
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