Wolverine

See also: wolverine

English

Etymology

From wolverine.

Noun

Wolverine (plural Wolverines)

  1. A native or resident of the American state of Michigan.
    Synonym: Michigander
    • 1846, Eliza Wood Farnham, Life in Prairie Land‎[1], page 63:
      [The term "Sucker" is] The cognomen of the Illinoians, answering to the Buckeye of Ohio, the Wolverine of Michigan, the Corn-cracker of Kentucky, &c.
  2. Someone associated with the University of Michigan, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan.
  3. (slang, looksmaxxing) The peptide BPC-157, especially when used in combination with TB-500.
    • [2026 July 25, Patrick Temple-West, “FDA panel backs access to ‘Wolverine’ drug despite scientists’ concerns”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
      At a meeting at the US Food and Drug Administration in Maryland, the panel voted eight to six to end prohibitions for a peptide known as BPC-157, also called the “Wolverine” peptide on social media, disregarding the recommendations of the FDA's own staff who said the scientific evidence weighed against broadening access.]
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