19 Words That Have A Totally Different Meaning When You’re Hungry

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1. Breakfast

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What it usually means: The first meal of the day.

What it means when you're hungry: The first breakfast of the day.

2. Sleep

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What it usually means: Total relaxation of the body in order to conserve one's energy for the next day.

What it means when you're hungry: When your immense snoring drowns out the sound of your stomach growling.

3. Instagram

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What it usually means: A photo-sharing app that allows users to instantly add professional-looking filters to their photos.

What it means when you're hungry: A parade of food photography that you just can't handle right now.

4. Pi

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What it usually means: A mathematical constant, approximately equivalent to 3.14, which is used to measure the circumference of a circle.

What it means when you're hungry: A mouth-watering baked dessert used to expand the circumference of you.

5. Yelp

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What it usually means: A website full of helpful restaurant reviews written by real customers.

What it means when you're hungry: The sound you make when you feel like your stomach has resorted to eating you alive.

6. Drive-thrus

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What it usually means: A method of ordering fast food without getting out of your car.

What it means when you're hungry: Where you end up when your stomach fully takes control of your brain while you're driving.

7. Crumbs on the kitchen floor

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What it usually means: "I should probably take out the vacuum."

What it means when you're hungry: "I should probably check if anyone's around before I violate the 5-second rule."

8. The Food Network

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What it usually means: A cable television channel that broadcasts several cooking shows.

What it means when you're hungry: A channel that literally makes you feel like you're watching food porn.

9. Free samples

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What it usually means: A great way to test a product before deciding to buy it.

What it means when you're hungry: Your prize for knocking down several families who obstructed your path.

10. A 5-star authentic fettucine alfredo hand-crafted by an actual chef from Tuscany

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What it usually means: An homage to traditional Italian cooking that preserves the culture's techniques and skills.

What it means when you're hungry: Noodles smothered with cream sauce that you scarf down like any other pasta.

11. Chewing gum

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What it usually means: Flavorful candy that you mindlessly chew all day.

What it means when you're hungry: A pathetic attempt to trick yourself into thinking you're doing something about your lingering hunger.

12. Grocery stores

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What it usually means: Retail establishments where you can buy food.

What it means when you're hungry: A place where you salivate at the sight of every single item and end up leaving with a 5 foot long receipt.

13. Expired food

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What it usually means: Any food you should steer clear of because it's gone past its expiration date.

What it means when you're hungry: Food that may keep you from reaching YOUR expiration date.

14. Instant ramen noodles

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What it usually means: A brick of uncooked, dry ramen noodles ready to be eaten after sitting in boiling water for 3 minutes.

What it means when you're hungry: A brick of uncooked, dry ramen noodles that you eat straight out of the packaging.

15. Chewing

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What it usually means: Movement of your mouth that utilizes your teeth to break down large pieces of food.

What it means when you're hungry: Something you don't have the patience to do when you need that grub in your tum.

16. Kale

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What it usually means: A leafy green vegetable that has recently grown in popularity due to its many health benefits.

What it means when you're hungry: Eww...still no.

17. Table knife

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What it usually means: A common utensil with a sharp edge mainly used to cut food into smaller pieces.

What it means when you're hungry: Exhibit A in a murder investigation if that waitress doesn't come back with your cheesecake in the next 10 minutes.

18. Soup

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What it usually means: A warm liquid served in a bowl.

What it means when you're hungry: A fiery liquid from hell that burnt your tongue because your hunger eroded any rational thought about the repercussions of eating soup without waiting a few seconds.

19. Buffet restaurants

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What it usually means: Restaurants that offer an unlimited assortment of food at a fixed price.

What it means when you're hungry: Heaven.