angryphone

angryphone
 n.β€” Β«β€œThere are a lot of people out there that I’m calling angryphones,” said Kirkland businessman Carlos Roldan, 46. “When (Premier Jacques) Parizeau blamed us for the No vote, it was a watershed moment. All of usβ€”anglophones, allophones, ethnicsβ€”we all became angryphones.”Β» β€”β€œGrass-roots groups sprout from referendum ashes” by Monique Beaudin Gazette (Montreal, Canada) Dec. 9, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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