thungry

English

Etymology

Blend of thirsty +‎ hungry

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθʌŋ.ɡɹi/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡɹi

Adjective

thungry (comparative thungrier, superlative thungriest)

1. A combination of thirsty and hungry.
   • 2006 September 5, Mark Z. Danielewski, Only Revolutions‎^[1], Pantheon Books, →ISBN:

     Laughter's the taste of my surviving. So Sure I'm hursty. Thungry. Gin mill for swills. Moon Pies & Meat.

   • 2007 March 21, John Fenn, “Divine Dissatisfaction”, in Leaving the Church to Find God‎^[2], Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 3:

     They were like someone having the ‘thungries’ about 8 or 9pm—Thungries are when you're not quite hungry but not just thirsty—you're thungry—You want something to eat but you don't know what it is.

   • 2007 July 30, Pat Flynn, Treeified: The Adventures of Danny‎^[3], illustrated edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 3:

     By the time we finish unloading the junk at the dump, I'm hot, tired, and thungry - a combination of thirsty and hungry.