angryphone

      English

      Etymology

      Blend of angry and anglophone

      Noun

      angryphone (plural angryphones)

      1. (Canada, informal) An English-speaking resident of Quebec who is a peevish complainer.
        • 2000, Martha Radice, Feeling comfortable?: the urban experience of Anglo-Montrealers (page 88)
          Such sayings run counter to a certain character who loiters in the Montreal imaginary of stereotypes: the whining 'angryphone,' the anglophone Montrealer ever dissatisfied with his or her lot in Quebec.
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