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~sid~
There are three words in the English language that end in "gry".
ONE is angry and the other is hungry. EveryONE knows what the third ONE means and what it stands for. EveryONE uses them everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word.

What is it?
_______gry?
Jason
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, five words in the English language end in -gry. In addition to the common angry and hungry:

aggry, a glass bead found buried in the earth in Ghana.
puggry, a light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun, and
meagry, of meager appearance.


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Jason
Third word is language
Jason
William Safire in What's the Good Word (1982) says the question is a hoax, intended to waste the questionee's time. He quotes David Guralnik, editor of Simon & Schuster's Webster's New World Dictionary as saying there are no other "native English words" so ending, except angry and hungry. Guralnik notes three imported words:

puggry -- an Indian turban; a scarf worn around a sun helmet.
mawgry -- from Old French: being regarded with displeasure.
aggry -- colored glass beads worn by Africans.
Treytor
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Third word is language


language doesn't end it "gry"

wtf am I missing something?
Treytor
Ok this riddle is REALLY dumb. Could a mod PLEASE lock this thread?!

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~sid~
its a riddle...

the third word in "the english language", is LANGUAGE.

it is not a question...but a riddle...
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mbeeston
he's anthor dumb one to go with this

SOB, spell it icon_wink.gif
Kingbob
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he's anthor dumb one to go with this

SOB, spell it icon_wink.gif


i like this one better than sids
U
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GoKu
Some1 explained this to me a long time ago, my dad, but I forget and I'm not getting it icon_cry.gif
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