Psychology Today | 20.01.2026 08:38
“Hangry” has become such common vocabulary that most people know exactly what it means: that irritable, snappish state when you need food. Recently, people have suggested extending the pattern—“slangry” for sleepiness-related irritability, “shanger” for shame-triggered snappiness, “franger” for frustration-fueled reactivity. It’s clever, and naming these states does help create awareness. But I think these neologisms accidentally reveal something more important: We’ve lost the ability to distinguish between our stress response and actual emotion.
