angryphone
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of angry + anglophone.
Noun
[edit]angryphone (plural angryphones)
- (Canada, informal) An English-speaking resident of Quebec who demonstrates systematic anger or aggression towards the French language or against the actions of Quebecois nationalists, or 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.