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comparative thungrier · superlative thungriest
- A combination of thirsty and hungry.
Laughter's the taste of my surviving. So Sure I'm hursty. Thungry. Gin mill for swills. Moon Pies & Meat.
2006 September 5, Mark Z. Danielewski, Only Revolutions, Pantheon Books, →ISBN2 more examples
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 March 21, John Fenn, “Divine Dissatisfaction”, in Leaving the Church to Find God, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 3By the time we finish unloading the junk at the dump, I'm hot, tired, and thungry - a combination of thirsty and hungry.
2007 July 30, Pat Flynn, Treeified: The Adventures of Danny, illustrated edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 3
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