Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Contemporary (2000–) ·1992
Hangry
hungry angry
- Meaning
- Irritable because one is hungry.
- Source words
- hungry + angry
- Coined by
- collective
- Year
- 1992
Background
First attested in US print in 1992; remained fringe until social media pushed it into general circulation in the early 2010s. Entered the OED in 2018.
Contemporary (2000–)
Faster coinage, faster canonisation. Brexit and podcast both reached the OED within a decade of first use — historically rapid. Social media has made visibility, not invention, the rate-limiting step.
Two words, one coinage.
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