Big 3 Family n.— «Clarence’s was what people in Michigan call a “Big 3 Family,” meaning family members worked for Ford, General Motors or Chrysler.» —“Dreams of stardom sank into nightmare” by Richard...
Michigan mink n.— «I love this jacket. I’ve been wearing it for years and no doubt if I taught for your guild in the last 10 years, you’ve seen me in my “Michigan Mink.”…The Rag Fur Jacket is flattering, it’s...
pumped
adj.— «I’m just pumped i know how to put pictures on here now.» —by KEL (Sundreams) in Montague, Michigan The Dangling Conversation Nov. 7, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
buffet flat n.— «From Twenty-second street south in Michigan avenue, Wabash avenue, State street, and the cross streets as far south as Thirty-first street is a rich district of the so-called buffet flats. There, too, can be found...
Michigan double n.— «Usually the double-trailer combinations, called “Michigan Doubles” in trucker parlance, carry steel or some other raw materials, while many of the single-trailer ones I’ve seen are fuel tankers...
food insecurity n.— «Driving the “food insecurity” numbers—a term coined by the federal government to measure hunger—is Michigan’s stubborn unemployment rate, the anti-hunger research and policy group said.» —“Economy...