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The hunger that shows up uninvited right after you get high and stays for pizza.

means A sudden craving for snack food, especially the kind that hits after smoking cannabis.

from From 'munch,' meaning to chew noisily, which goes back to Middle English 'monchen' — probably imitative, just mimicking the sound of eager chewing. 'Munchies' as snack food is attested from the mid-20th century, but it's the pairing with marijuana slang in the 1970s that gave the word its specific, famous craving — cannabis is known to stimulate appetite, and the slang caught up to the science.

the cause
THC spikes ghrelin, the hunger hormone
brain trick
smell and taste receptors get temporarily turbocharged
science era
confirmed by neuroscientists only in 2014
peak target
salty or sweet beats savory every time
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