- Blending between the words Tired and Angry to make a single word that is a specific type of angry
Tangry
adjective; blending
a specific form of irrational anger that is felt by a person who is incredibly tired who then is more irritable
Etymology : Tired (adj) – exhausted, fatigued, weary” early 15th century, past participle adjective from tire (v) Angry (adj) – late 14th century, from anger (n) + -y (2). Originally “full of trouble, vexatious;” sense of “enraged, irate” also is from 14th century. (Online Etymology Dictionary)
Source : Heard in Rice student conversation, August, 2013 Girl 1: “Stop typing so loud!” Girl 2: “Dang, someone’s tangry.” Girl 1: “I only had one hour of sleep last night!”
Last modified: 25 November 2013