Hunger Games
Noun
Meaning
Hunger Games (plural Hunger Games)
(neologism) A vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all.
Examples
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me........
Ladies and gentlemen, let the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin!
Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real.
You and me Haymitch. Very cozy. Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark.
The questions are just beginning. The arenas have been completely destroyed, the memorials built, there are no more Hunger Games. But they teach about them at school, and the girl knows we played a role in them. The boy will know in a few years.