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- noun informal a native or inhabitant of the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan
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Examples
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MIchelle Bachmann is the one who needs to retire. yooper
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Yes | No | Report from matt wasson wrote 24 min 23 sec ago eh yooper! howdy what b happen at ur shak? we be re-doin bathroom converting number 2 into a number one and 2! ya man! goina have a real life urnal just like bar in town! hehehehehe
shak break ins 2010
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I keep hearing about this troll vs. yooper thing, dont understand not being from anywhere near the area.
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My concern with him is whether a “Troll”, especially from the Lake Michigan area, could win against a yooper.
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They liked that he was a cop, and a Yooper (Wisconsin born, but graduated from a yooper high school).
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Yes | No | Report from timromano wrote 2 weeks 1 day ago yooper, of course I'm biased on the subject, but Kirk's new book is pretty remarkable for learning fly fishing.
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Yes | No | Report from timromano wrote 46 weeks 1 day ago yooper ryan,
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Yes | No | Report from timromano wrote 46 weeks 1 day ago yooper ryan,
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Yes | No | Report from timromano wrote 2 weeks 1 day ago yooper, of course I'm biased on the subject, but Kirk's new book is pretty remarkable for learning fly fishing.
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My concern with him is whether a “Troll” could win against a yooper.
songfish commented on the word yooper
A yooper is a person from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Yooper is derived from Upper, and is pronounced You-per due to the Finish accent that most Yoopers have. The opposite of Yooper is Troll (people from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan).
July 22, 2009
oroboros commented on the word yooper
Upper Peninsula Michiganite.
September 27, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word yooper
Is this pronounced as spelled, or is it more like "U. P.-er"?
September 28, 2009