tantrum

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Particularly if the tantrum is the result of a small scratch on their knee that in their mind, requires transport in an ambulance and immediate hospitalization.

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  1. noun A fit of bad temper. Also called regionally hissy2, hissy fit.

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  • She had been going to say "tantrum," but now she realized that she had more to be concerned about. —  Harpy Thyme
  • By then it'd become obvious that they would receive no cooperation from him; Marie pitched the tent while Lars was still throwing his tantrum, and she finally managed to get him to help her gather driftwood for a campfire. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
  • He had never seen her throw a full-blown tantrum, and she didn't know how he would react. —  Garwood, Julie - Killjoy.html
  • All she had to show for that tantrum was a bruised shoulder and banged-up knees. —  The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner
  • It has begun to spit matter into the void too, feverishly hurling segments of itself in every direction in what seems like a tantrum: a prodigious and prodigal outpouring of energy, ferocious and yet somehow comical A playful baby. —  Starborne
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tantrum:   tantrums
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Also dial. tantum; perhaps from Welsh tant, a gust of passion, a sudden start of impulse, a whim, literally tension; akin to L. tendere, stretch, tenuis = English thin, etc.: see tend.
 

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