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hissy fit

noun

Etymology

Clipping of histrionics.

Definitions

  1. A childish display of anger or frustration

    A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.

    • As for me, I don't care anymore if my kid has a hissy fit in the junior department.
    • Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!"
    • One of the supposedly great hopes for the future of the party hasn’t even got the guts to admit that they threw a conference hissy fit

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA