yooper
/ˈyo͞opər
/noun US informal
A native or inhabitant of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.He is, you may have guessed correctly, a Yooper who lives in Iowa....
- To them it's entirely feasible that being a Yooper is less of a birthright and more of a way of life.
- In Michigan everyone who lives south of the bridge is called a "Troll," while everyone who lives above the bridge is called a "Yooper."
Origin
1970s: representing a pronunciation of the initial letters of Upper Peninsula + -er1.
- have designs on
- have every confidence in
- have everything
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach (or belly)
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- have eyes like a hawk
- have eyes like saucers
- have got
- have-got
- have (got) a good head on one's shoulders
- have (got) another think coming
- have got it bad (or badly)
- have (got) it in for
- have (got) it in one (to do something)
- have (got) it made
- have (got) no idea
- have (got) nothing on
- have (got) someone's back
- have (got) something on
- have (got) something on the brain
- have (got) something to oneself
- have (got) —— to do with
- have had a drop too much
- have had a good innings
- have had it