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tiz⋅zy

  [tiz-ee]
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–noun, plural -zies.
1. Slang.
a. a dither.
b. a nervous, excited, or distracted state.
2. British Obsolete. a sixpence.
Origin:
1795–1805; orig. uncert.
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tiz·zy   (tĭz'ē)   
n.   pl. tiz·zies Slang
A state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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tizzy [ˈtɪzi]

  1. n.
    a state of confusion. (See also twit.) : The kind of tizzy that this place gets into drives me up the wall.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tizzy 
1935, Amer.Eng. colloquial, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to slang tizzy "sixpence piece" (1804), a corruption of tester, a name for the coin (see tester (2)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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