Hunger Games

English Alternative forms en hunger game Hunger Game hunger games Etymology From the titular fictional gladiatorial contests in The Hunger Games, first published in 2008. Noun * Hunger Games en neologism A vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all. en 2012-12-28 Jockey James Winks falls prey to the Hunger Games of riding news.com.au http://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/jockey-james-winks-falls-prey-to-the-hunger-games-of-riding/story-fndpqu3p-1226544276653 20 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20121228085132/http://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/jockey-james-winks-falls-prey-to-the-hunger-games-of-riding/story-fndpqu3p-1226544276653 28 December 2012 en 2014-09-10 Graeme Virtue Who’s Doing the Dishes? is the best daytime TV in years The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/sep/10/whos-doing-the-dishes-is-the-best-daytime-tv-in-years If the term “daytime TV” used to be synonymous with slightly ramshackle, undemanding programming attuned to the languid circadian rhythms of hungover students and the retired, it’s now a hyper-competitive arena of mechanical oneupmanship, a Hunger Games for image and sound editors. en 2015-05-27 Ursula K Le Guin Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf review – happiness at the end of life The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/27/our-souls-at-night-kent-haruf-review Not playing the hunger games of success, not undergoing the mechanical hoopla of PR, he could go on stubbornly being Kent Haruf, doing his job. en 2015-11-09 “[Registration week] always been The Hunger Games of scheduling,” Valdez said. “You ultimately get in based on timing and luck.” Nicholas Da Silva The Montclarion Registration Week: May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor http://themontclarion.org/registration-week-may-the-odds-be-ever-in-your-favor/ 20 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213253/http://themontclarion.org/registration-week-may-the-odds-be-ever-in-your-favor/ 4 March 2016 Noun en noun form en Hunger Game Anagrams en aeegghmnrsu meshugganer en Games The Hunger Games en terms derived from fiction