ESCANABA, Mich. (WWJ) - It took more than 10 years to make it happen, but a man from Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula has finally convinced the people from Merriam-Webster to include the word "yooper" ...

Merriam-Webster has added 150 words to its Collegiate Dictionary, but it forgot to include the "p" in its pronunciation guide to "Yooper" — a... Yoopers were excited that they made the dictionary.

Da “Yoopers” up dere in da U.P., Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, have hit it big with inclusion of their nickname in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the company’s free online database. The ...

For years there’s been a popular caricature of what a Yooper is, and rather than argue it, Hoolie came to embrace it and promote it with goofy T-shirts, funny bumper stickers and a bunch of ...

When I was a kid, we’d make the 7-hour drive north to spend Easter with my mom’s family in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. My parents own a cabin about 10 miles inland from Pictured Rocks National ...

If you want to get your favorite word into a dictionary, you probably aren't going to have much luck cajoling lexicographers into accepting it. But every now and then, that extra push can pay off.

Michigan was buzzing last week with the news that the word Yooper is going to be included in the new edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary this spring. Michigan was buzzing last week with ...

Yoopers were excited that they made the dictionary. It's too bad people won't learn the right way to pronounce their nickname. As we noted Monday, the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has added ...