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food swing
 n.— «A new vocabulary has evolved around victual despair, with the afflicted referring to their nasty moods as “food swings.”» —“Moody? Cranky? Tired? Feed Me!” by Stephanie Rosenbloom New York Times Dec. 1, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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