Results for “the Upper Peninsula”

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upper 90
noun

US term for the 90-degree top corner of the goal.

#sports#goal#target#american
lills / luppers
noun

Polari for hands ('lills') and fingers ('luppers').

#polari#lgbtq#british#slang
supper club
noun

Old-school Upper Midwest dinner-only restaurant with relish trays and brandy.

#american#regional#wisconsin#food
pasty
noun

A Cornish-style folded hand pie of meat and potato, beloved in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

#michigan#upper-peninsula#food#cornish
yooper
noun

A resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

#michigan#upper-peninsula#identity#regional
the U.P.
proper noun

Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

#american#regional#michigan#place-name
DP (Dragon Punch)
noun, verb

An invincible rising uppercut on a forward-down-forward motion — the answer to jump-ins.

#fighting games#fgc#reversal#anti-air
Shoto
noun

A Ryu/Ken-style character with a fireball, an anti-air uppercut and a forward-moving kick.

#street fighter#archetype#fundamentals#fgc
aunty arms
noun

loose upper-arm skin

#australian#aussie#body#humour
stush
adjective

Posh, upper-class, snobbish, hoity-toity

#caribbean#patois#people#class
chicken legs
noun

Skinny, underdeveloped legs on a bigger upper body.

#gym#fitness#legs#insult
traps
noun

The trapezius muscles from neck to upper back.

#gym#fitness#back#muscle
bowling pins
noun

Insult for thin legs under a bulky upper body.

#gym#fitness#anatomy#insult
popi
noun

A posh, upper-class kid (DR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#people
you betcha
phrase

Cheerful Upper Midwest way to say 'absolutely, you can count on it.'

#american#regional#minnesota#affirmation
borrow me
phrase

Upper Midwest inversion meaning 'lend me.'

#american#regional#minnesota#wisconsin
the Mitten
proper noun

Nickname for Michigan's Lower Peninsula (and the state) by its shape.

#american#regional#michigan#place-name
the Mighty Mac
proper noun

Nickname for the Mackinac Bridge linking Michigan's two peninsulas.

#american#regional#michigan#landmark
davenport
noun

Upper Midwest word for a sofa or couch.

#american#regional#midwestern#home
holy buckets
interjection

Wholesome Upper Midwest exclamation of surprise.

#american#regional#minnesota#interjection
darn tootin'
phrase

Playful Upper Midwest 'you're absolutely right.'

#american#regional#minnesota#affirmation
lutefisk
noun

Scandinavian lye-cured whitefish eaten at Upper Midwest holidays.

#american#regional#minnesota#scandinavian
I'll bring a bar
phrase

Upper Midwest potluck offer to bring dessert bars.

#american#regional#minnesota#food
the Thumb
proper noun

The thumb-shaped region of eastern Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

#american#regional#michigan#place-name
the Lake
proper noun

In the Upper Midwest, the specific big body of water everyone means.

#american#regional#midwestern#place
Lip Flip
noun

A tiny tox injection that rolls the upper lip outward for a fuller pout without filler.

#gen-z#internet#american
Senpai
noun

An upperclassman or senior you look up to — online, the crush or idol whose attention you crave.

#anime#meme#gen-z#internet