Fudgie
See also: fudgie
English
Noun
Fudgie (plural Fudgies)
- Alternative letter-case form of fudgie (“a tourist”).
- 1997, Bob Linsenman, “Hexaritaville”, in Ted J. Rulseh, editor, Michigan Seasons: Classic Tales of Life Outdoors, Waukesha, Wis.: The Cabin Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 75:
- The Fudgie drives a foreign car, says “Michiganian” instead of “Michigander” and comes north only to visit the shops in Petoskey or on Mackinac Island.
- 2005 June 5, Steve Amick, “'The Lake, the River & the Other Lake'”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 December 2025:
- The combination of the Polish smaczny-"delicious"-and the Ojibwe gaskiwag-"dried smoked meat"-amounted to more than a mouthful for most Fudgies, the weekend tourists from downstate.
- 2008 October, Jeanene Cooper, “Keeping the Secret”, in If I Should Never Wake, Charleston, S.C.: BookSurge, published July 2009, →ISBN, page 35:
- “It’s not so much that we don’t like the Fudgies.” Pepper pulled clean beer mugs from the steaming dishwasher. “We love Fudgies – they’re our life blood. It’s just that after long days of listening to them ask stupid questions – like ‘At what time does the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge swing over to the island?’ – I guess we just need a little break.”