Specifically refers to the
hippy to
yuppie change. But it generally applies to anyone had
high ideals when they were
young, and grew to become exactly what they
despised. It happens to almost every
generation. Also see
sellout.
The recent generation spawned by Yuppies might be even worse than the yuppies themselves. They never had the ideals to betray. See Dot Com-pletely Selfish