TagMichigan

spud juice

spud juice  n.— «All 31,000 inmates locked up in Michigan’s 32 prisons seek an outlet of some kind. For some, the outlet is drugs smuggled from the outside or alcohol—”spud juice”—ingeniously distilled from vegetable peelings...

transmale

transmale  n.— «It’s only been about four years now that I’ve really started identifying as a transmale…Transmale is another term for female to male, so transmale would be wanting to transition into a male identity...

wolfpacking

wolfpacking  n.— «The Traffic Division has instituted a procedure called “wolfpacking,” by which a second officer in a second vehicle will observe a traffic stop and give chase to any vehicles they see that don’t slow down and change lanes...

Wobblie

Wobblie
 n.— «The IWW members are commonly known as Wobblies.» —“IWW Exhibit in Ann Arbor” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan Independent Media Center Aug. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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)...

fratmosphere

fratmosphere  n.— «Though Brown, at 35, is the oldest member in a band with an average age of 30, all of the guys in the verve pipe plan to remain settled in the East Lansing area, where the “fratmosphere” of Michigan State...