New Term: "Hangry"

I coined a new term today:

Hangry (adj.)
1. having a desire, craving, or need for food that is so intense that said need turns a normally affable person into a grouchy, irritable, and/or surly beast.

2. indicating, characteristic of, or characterized by hunger mixed with anger: When told the wait time for a table would be 45 minutes, the restaurant patron gave the hostess a hangry stare.

3. strongly or eagerly desirous... and angry.

4. marked by a scarcity of food... and anger.

5. Informal. aggressively ambitious or competitive... and angry, as from a need to overcome poverty or past defeats: a hangry new investment firm looking to destroy older, more established companies.

We all know one (or more) people that get hangry when they haven't eaten in a while. I know several, myself. Now that we've successfully labeled these individuals and their behavior, we should discuss protective measures. The best way to protect oneself against the wrath of hangry people is to keep snacks on your person at all times (i.e. peanut M&Ms, peanut butter crackers, etc.). These items will help you combat most hangry people.

But if you ever find yourself without the aforementioned weapons, the best thing to do is either:

a) Point off to the distance, scream "Look, Arby's!", then run.
b) Offer up a limb to quell the hangry beast.
c) Curl up into fetal position and rock back and forth.
d) Cry like a little child.

Or

e) All of the above.

Good luck.

-e