snit

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What apparently has Walmart executives 'panties in a snit is the belief that if Obama becomes president it's more likely that its employees will unionize, which is something the notoriously stingy employer fears.

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  • Morelli'd obviously gone through it in a snit, venting his frustration by making the worst possible mess. —  One For The Money
  • In a snit, Curly stomped toward the third and last piece of equipment, a grader. —  Hoot
  • As for The Dispossessed , my edita has left Scribners in a snit, with my MS, and vanished. —  FSF,September2006
  • "You sniveling little snit, do you swear to blab the truth, most of the truth, and nothing much except the truth, or else Sure," Ivy agreed, interested in this procedure. —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • The Obamessiah, believing that he had been personally attacked, flew into a snit: —  The Jawa Report
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