hungatory

A portmanteau of hunger purgatory defined as the state of hunger with accompanied physical discomfort that makes you realize you took too long to do anything about. Now any cooked meal you would prepare or takeout you could have delivered will take too long and you will suffer until you actually do eat something. Usually this makes deciding what to eat even more difficult as a result which only exacerbates the problem

Opening and closing the refrigerator door doesn't make a ready to eat meal magically appear before you, you're in Hungatory now and it's too late. Your stomach will growl and churn in complaint for as long as it will take you to make something.

by Mensa-wordsmith May 9, 2023