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- adjective
hungry andangry , especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
Etymologies
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Examples
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To us lard-buckets, it's pretty obvious that we're happier than the anorexic ranks of the "hangry" (hungry/angry.)
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"hangry", which I guess is that hungry you get after Day Three on your diet when you want to punch someone.
Anne Nahm 2008
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Well I got news for you a hangry man is an angry man and will do what it takes to find food.
Obama says now is time for Dems to get focused midterms 2010
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Well I got news for you a hangry man is an angry man and will do what it takes to find food.
Obama says now is time for Dems to get focused midterms 2010
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I tried to play music but Linnea got hangry I am very hangry now!
Where's Linnea Now? micheinnz 2008
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Street, where I left him in the hangry arms of Mrs. Shum.
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I was obliged to leed him home to John Street, where I left him in the hangry arms of Mrs. Shum.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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They started off each weekend with me already hangry hungry + angry.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com James Altucher 2011
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Put all of these factors together, and kids with ADHD are prone to feeling "hangry," Prince says.
News 2012
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Put all of these factors together, and kids with ADHD are prone to feeling "hangry," Prince says.
News 2012
born2badored commented on the word hangry
I heard this once in a japanese song,
"I'm poor, I'm Hangry" is it ment to be Hungry and angry ala Portmanteau or is It it just engrish?
December 6, 2006
bilby commented on the word hangry
I couldn't hanswer that.
June 22, 2009
strev commented on the word hangry
never eat when you're mad
June 22, 2009
oroboros commented on the word hangry
Heard used on NPR morning edition segment today (4/15/14) about effects of low blood sugar on marital discord.
April 15, 2014
alexz commented on the word hangry
The response to when someone asks "There are three words in The English Language that end in -gry. Hungry and Angry are two. What is the third?"
March 18, 2015
Jetty commented on the word hangry
This word is used in sports usually after a practice or game.
September 15, 2015
Logophile77 commented on the word hangry
See also: horngry.
January 23, 2018