hissy
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- noun
- /ˈhɪsi/
- Informal
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- I'm a sniveling baby that had the biggest hissy fit on the Patch in all of history.
- hissy fit
- throw a hissy
Examples
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You don't see me having a hissy fit.
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Jefferson must be weeping at what our "democracy" has become: a bunch of petulant children throwing a collective hissy fit because they don't get their way.
Blog text (6) -
Of course, if his father found out, the old man would have a screaming hissy fit.
Fiction book (2001) -
There are hopeful signs that our long national hissy fit may at last be over.
Blog text (23) -
You don't have to have a hissy fit, Ray.
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Well, don't have a hissy fit.
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If you want to throw an immature hissy fit or hold your breath until you turn blue, have at it.
Blog text (26) -
She had a hissy.
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Don't get me started on the cheating and the purists or libertarian hissy fits.
Blog text (7) -
When she didn't get her way, she threw a hissy fit in the store.
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Etymology
Hissy as a noun is a short form of the slang hissy-fit, meaning a quick, childish outburst or tantrum. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a sudden 'hiss' followed by a small 'fit', so a hissy is a short angry burst.