According to a recent Huffington Post article, 10 Things Hangry People Do, hanger is when people are both hungry and 
angry. It seems to lead to all sorts of problems like a need for butter and starch and “chocolate freak-outs.”
It got me thinking, though; why not combine anger with other emotional/cognitive/behavioral states to create more fun new words. In that spirit, here are a handful of portmanteaus (a word I totally knew on my own and didn’t have to ask my colleagues in the English department about) we should embrace:
- Temperature Tantrums: An uncontrollable outburst of anger because you are either too hot or too cold.
- Lustration: Intense sexual desire… for someone who’s just not that into you.
- Checkoutrage: The frustration from consistently choosing the wrong line at the grocery store.
- Inferiation: An inaccurate deduction that leads to infuriation.
- Resetment: The feeling of betrayal and irritation that comes with having to restore your cellphone to factory settings.
- Madderall: The drug prescribed for people with anger and attention problems.
- Pollyannoyed: Feeling irritated by another’s joyful outlook on life.
This is intended to be just the start. Please feel free to add others to the comments below.
By Ryan C. Martin
Perplissed: angry at confusion or bafflement.