fudgie

fudgie
 n.— «“Yoopers,” as U.P. natives proudly call themselves, treasure the laid-back lifestyle and don’t enjoy being tailgated by “fudgies” (vernacular for tourists who patronize the region’s fudge shops).» —“Abundance of waterfalls in Michigan’s far north” by John Flesher in Paradise, Mich. MLive.com (Mich.) July 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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