hangry
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæŋɡɹi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æŋɡɹi
Adjective
hangry (comparative hangrier, superlative hangriest)
- (slang) Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- 2008, “The Great Southern Ontario Burger Trail”, in National Post:
- We're not talking about the fast-food giants or smaller chains, such as Wimpy's, both of which turn up frequently in the stripmalls that dot the Trail. No matter how hungry -- or even hangry -- you and your fellow travellers are, eschew these places.
- 2016, “People Pleaser”, in The Powerpuff Girls:
- Mission Control: "Get them pizza before they get hangry. Hungry and angry!"
Astronaut: "We're hangry! Hungry and angry!"
- 2018, Jean Chatzky, Women with Money: The Judgment-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful (and, Yes, Rich) Life You Deserve, page 11:
- You know this if you've ever been hangry. You go through your day without stopping to eat, and for a while it doesn't matter. Then your stomach starts sending signals to your brain that it's waiting.
Related terms
Translations
hungry and angry
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