hissy
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i noun, plural his·sies.
Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
Also called hissy fit.
Origin:
1930–35, Americanism
1930–35, Americanism
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Yet the notion of such advocacy lights a short fuse that explodes into hissy fits.
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