MICHIGAN
NOUNS
► AMITYVILLE Detroit, Michigan → 2000 US sl.
► BIG BLUE the University of Michigan; a sports team. esp. the football team, of the University of Michigan → 1987 US students’ sl.
► BIG D Detroit, Michigan → 1961 US sl.
► D Detroit → 1970s US sl.
► MOTOR CITY Detroit, Michigan → 1961 US sl.
► MOTOWN Detroit, Michigan → 1971 US sl.
► ‘VILLE Detroit, Michigan → 2000 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MICHIGANDER a citizen of Michigan → 1848 Amer.
► PACKER-BACKER-MAKI a beer-drinking, snow-suit wearing, Skoal-chewing, snowmobile-riding fan of the Green Bay Packer football team → 2004 Michigan Upper Peninsula usage
► TROLL a person who lives in or is from Michigan’s Lower Peninsula → 1994 Amer. dial.
► YOOPER ► YOUPER ► YUPER a person who lives in or is from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula; the dialect of such a person → 1979 Amer. dial.
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