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- noun Plural form of
hissy-fit .
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Examples
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And when are they going to stop throwing hissy-fits when the two-force-amalgamation gets thrown-out and “consider retiring”
Satisfied? Confident? You Will Be…… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Cornyn, McCain and Lieberman are having hissy-fits.
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Some reporters are having hissy-fits because of the Israeli prohibition to go beyond the frontier.
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It's a common problem with email lists -- AOL periodically has hissy-fits and bounces tons of emails; people change addresses without notice; and corporate filters (as in one large Plainfield organization) periodically force recipients to reconfirm.
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We can only hope that the Joint Ministerial Committee accomodates such constructive ideas, though we can expect to see Welsh MPs throwing their customary hissy-fits.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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The supporters of Senator Clinton need to face the reality that she was not the country's choice for the Presidency and stop with the "hissy-fits."
Florida compromise seats delegation, gives each half vote 2008
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I truly appreciate the discussion of real news and the break from on-going hissy-fits between the two Republican-lites running for the DEM nomination.
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Yeah-- and those of us in K-12 have to deal with kids who have the "right" to be there, even if they're only there for "socialization"-- which means that the kids that are there to learn have to try to learn over their constant talking to their aides, their hissy-fits for no discernable reason, et cetera.
In which I confront overweening hubris. Angry Professor 2009
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In the larger scheme of things, this is pretty insignificant stuff, so it's time for the throwers of hissy-fits to take a breath, count to ten and move on.
Howard Dean Is Fine With Senate's Lieberman Decision, Suggests It Was What Obama Wanted 2009
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By now, give or take a few hissy-fits from the McCain campaign wherein they did protest too much, we've all heard them finally coughing up the fact that McCain was indeed not in or near any such "Cone of Silence."
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