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A native or inhabitant of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Yoopers are known to be extremely friendly and welcoming people and make anyone feel at ease. Most tourists leave the UP with a feeling that they can't wait to return. Like other areas of the US, there is a regional dialect. The dialect most associated with the Upper Peninsula is one with a strong Finnish influence. The reason the Finnish language seems to have had the most lasting impression on the dialect of the Upper Peninsula goes back to the mining boom. When Finnish immigrants first came to the Upper Peninsula. "It is one of the prettiest places in the world". ---Henry Ford, 1920's--- Urban Dictionary

Someone who makes fun of trolls for their reaction to three feet of snow Urban Dictionary

One who lives in the U.P. (Upper Peninsula of Michigan, above the bridge): they shovel snow year-round go skiing in -60*F weather without blinking an eye recieve more than a foot of snow in order to get a snow day incoorperate winter activities like snowmobiling and ice fishing into their everyday lives say eh, you'se, and ya alot generally don't care what others think mining and logging were the first things that attracted people to the U.P., and they continue to do so today wear plaid and orange...especially during hunting season don't wear winter jackets until it gets under 0*F sweat and freeze all in one day go camping in igloos in the middle of winter have only 3% of the population of Michigan but 1/3 the land mass almost everyone is of scandinavian decent...like Finnish or Swedish think that the opening day of deer season (Nov. 15) is a 'national' holiday and school is off for at least 3 days worship the Packers (NFL) from Green Bay ((our own state team, the Lions, we don't even like)) feel closer to Canada than to southern "Trolls" (people who live below the bridge) ((want to make a new state)) laugh at people who live less than 50 miles away than the bridge in "Troll-land" (down state) who have never been here (the U.P.)...or freak out when they come here live in God's Country...and sorry, but if you've only driven through the souther part of the U.P., you haven't seen it here. the biggest city is Marquette: population 22,000 people are attatched to pasties and the simpilties of life are never more than a few miles away from any lake, like Lake Superior (WHICH IS HUGE!) and NEVER more than a mile away from any sort of water, like a stream some don't know that there is a drinking age drive 4 hours to Green Bay to the closest REAL mall battle un-paved and un-snow-plowed roads are known for being drug dealers, partiers, hill-billies and red-necks but are really great, kind and fun people. Urban Dictionary

Anyone born and raised in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Loves ice fishing, drinking beer and eating pasties. It is normal say funny words like "aboot" "yah" and "eh" Pasties Urban Dictionary

Person from north of the bridge. a second class citizen of the U.S.. A canadian trapped on american soil. Urban Dictionary

Yooper is a common term for residents of the Upper Penisula of Michigan. It is derived from the initials U.P. which is pronounced you-pee. U.P. stands for Upper Peninsula, as opposed to the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is not a derogortory term. It is used mainly by residents of lower Michigan and Wisconsin. Urban Dictionary

An individual from the U.P. of Michigan Urban Dictionary

Someone who lives, OR WAS BORN, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Urban Dictionary

Found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Usually get stereotyped as having an accent when in all actuality many don't. A common misconception, many get the accent confused with that of Minnesotans. Those Yoopers who do carry the "accent" are usually transplants from other states and start speaking this way because they think they should. They are also the most generous and nicest people you will ever meet. Urban Dictionary

A person originating from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is home to the only counties in the United States with a Finnish descent majority. Yoopers can be really nice and friendly, depending on where you go in the UP. The more remote you get, however, the less friendly they will be. This is likely due to the fact that the more remote you get, the nicer the area is, and the more stringent people will be about keeping it that way. Many of them don’t take kind to tourists for the above reasons. But just keep your trash in your pocket until you find a trash can, and nobody will sneer at you. Many Yoopers take from Canada and their usage of the word “eh.” Yoopers also age like fine wine, but keep younger voices as they do so. There are 60-year-old Yoopers that sound similar to a 30-year-old. They often rap on “trolls,” or people who are from downstate, the Lower Peninsula. The downstaters are called trolls because they live “below the Mackinac Bridge.” Yoopers aren’t bothered by snow at all, and will continue with their daily lives as normal, even if they find six feet of snow dumped overnight in their yard, and often laugh at people who can’t do well in a foot of snow. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to yooper:
yooper, cooper, hooper, looper, pooper, yopper.

Words that rhyme with yooper:
crouper, grooper, keuper, rendezvous peer, review peer, through peer.

Consonant match to yooper:
yauper.

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