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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nugry</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="nude.html" title="nude"/><link rel="next" href="nuke.html" title="nuke"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nugry</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nude.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nuke.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nugry"/><dt xmlns="" id="nugry"><b>nugry</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/n[y]oo´gree/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet, &#8216;newbie&#8217; + &#8216;-gry&#8217;] <span class="grammar">n.</span> A <a href="newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a> who posts a
<a href="../F/FAQ.html"><i class="glossterm">FAQ</i></a> in the rec.puzzles newsgroup, especially if it
is a variant of the notorious trick question: &#8220;<span class="quote">Think of words ending
in &#8216;gry&#8217;. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are three
words in the English language. What is the third word?</span>&#8221; In the
newsgroup, the canonical answer is of course &#8216;nugry&#8217;
itself. Plural is <span class="firstterm">nusgry</span> <span class="pronunciation">/n[y]oos´gree/</span>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">adj.</span> Having the qualities of
a nugry.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nude.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nuke.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">nude </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> nuke</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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