Hunger Games
English
Alternative forms
- hunger game
- Hunger Game
- hunger games
Etymology
From the titular fictional gladiatorial contests in The Hunger Games, first published in 2008.
Noun
Hunger Games (plural Hunger Games)
- (neologism) A vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all.
- 2014 September 10, Graeme Virtue, “Who’s Doing the Dishes? is the best daytime TV in years”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
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