General
choppers
What does choppers mean?
Two-part winter mittens: a tough deerskin or buckskin shell over a knit wool liner. The shell breaks the wind, the liner does the warmth. Standard issue for anyone who works, hunts, or just exists outdoors in the U.P.
"Once it dips below zero I'm in choppers, nothing else cuts it."
Origin
U.P. usage from the chopper mitt — a glove built for chopping wood in deep cold.
Frequently asked questions
What are choppers in Yooper slang?
Choppers are deerskin mittens with a wool liner, worn as Upper Peninsula deep-winter kit.
How do you use choppers in a sentence?
A Yooper might say 'Grab your choppers, it's twenty below out there.'
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