drunchies

English

Etymology

Blend of drunk +‎ munchies

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹʌnt͡ʃiz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

drunchies pl (plural only)

1. (slang) A craving for food as a result of alcohol consumption.

   Hypernym: munchies

   • 2011, Cobun Keegan, Greg Lestikow, Jennifer Small, Colorado College 2012:

     Free midnight breakfast at Rastall is put on once a block (which is fantastic for people with drunchies, or just people who could use some pancakes without using dining dollars).

   • 2013, Reece Gesumaria, Memoirs of an American Gypsy, page 109:

     We begin our trek home, still drinking Sternburg Export […] and the remaining Mate-Wodka. […] These soldiers are extremely hungry so we stop not once, not twice, but five times for cheap street food. Serious drunchies.