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nugry
/n[y]oogree/ [Usenet, newbie + -gry ] n. A newbie who posts a FAQ in the
rec.puzzles newsgroup, especially if it is a variant of the notorious trick
question: Think of words ending in gry. Angry and hungry are two of them.
There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? In
the newsgroup, the canonical answer is of course nugry itself. Plural is
nusgry /n[y]oosgree/. 2. adj. Having the qualities of a nugry.