Ever tried to explained something here as "eh, it's a Michigan thing." Well we've got some of those we want added to the dictionary. What do you think?
Each year new words and phrases that have become mainstays in our vocabulary get added to the dictionary. I'm actually a bit surprised it took this long for Silver Fox to be added.
Put on your thinking caps...If you had to choose just one single to be the "Word of the Year" for 2020, what word would you choose? I'm sure most of us would choose a word related to the coronavirus...and we'd be correct!
Hashtag, selfie, tweep and Yooper join more than 150 new words and definitions added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in 2014.
The additions reflect the growing influence technology is having on human endeavor, especially social networking, once done mostly in person.
As for Yooper, a nickname used for a native or resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan? Well, let's just say it's ab