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'Yooper' officially added to the dictionary

By Alaina Nutile on Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:48 pm

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A couple of months ago we wrote about how the word "Yooper" was going to be added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Well, folks, it's happened.

The moniker for residents of the Lake Superior region has officially been added to the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the company's free online database:

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Alaina Nutile is a Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Detroit Metro Times and Cleveland Scene Magazine. Previously, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College where she double majored in...

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