Results for “michigan u-turn”

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Michigan left
phrase

A U-turn manoeuvre that replaces a banned left turn at a major Michigan intersection.

#michigan#detroit#driving#infrastructure
bang a U-ey
phrase

Boston for making a U-turn.

#boston#driving#regional#new-england
doorwall
noun

Michigan word for a sliding glass patio door.

#michigan#detroit#midwest#regional
party store
phrase

Michigan for a convenience store that sells beer, wine and liquor.

#michigan#detroit#midwest#retail
Vernors
noun

Detroit-born ginger ale, often used as a generic for any ginger ale in Michigan.

#michigan#detroit#drinks#soda
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
fudgie
noun

Northern Michigan slang for a tourist, especially one buying fudge on Mackinac Island.

#michigan#mackinac#tourism#regional
the Soo
proper noun

Sault Ste. Marie — the twin-city port at Michigan's eastern U.P. (and across the river in Ontario).

#midwest#michigan#yooper#place-name
FIB
noun

Wisconsin/Michigan slur for a Chicago tourist.

#midwest#regional#wisconsin#rivalry
clicker
noun

The TV remote control — what people in Michigan and New England call the thing that changes channels.

#midwest#new-england#michigan#regional
deer camp
noun

A rural Michigan cabin or property used as the home base for firearm deer season.

#midwest#michigan#hunting#tradition
u-ey
noun

a U-turn

#australian#aussie#cars#abbreviation
chuck a u-ey
phrase

to make a U-turn

#australian#aussie#cars#idiom
bang a uey
phrase

Make a U-turn (Boston)

#american#regional#driving#boston
the Mitten
proper noun

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

#american#regional#michigan#place-name
euchre
noun

The trick-taking card game that's practically a Michigan rite of passage.

#american#regional#michigan#game
the Mighty Mac
proper noun

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

#american#regional#michigan#landmark
the Thumb
proper noun

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

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

Local nickname for Pontiac, Michigan.

#american#regional#michigan#place-name
the U.P.
proper noun

Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

#american#regional#michigan#place-name
Yewy
noun

A U-turn — 'chuck a yewy' is to swing the car around and go back the way you came.

#aussie#cars#driving