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Posted by F.James Cripwell on November 7, 2009, 4:52 am
I have seen the expression "Hissy fit" used on several occasions on rctn.
Now, Australian Senator Steve Fielding has described a recent outburst by
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as having one. So I thought I would come to the
experts to see what it means. This was in connection with "global warming".
I have always taken it to mean something artificial, thrown by a female, to
express annoyance at, or get the attention of, her male partner. Is this
correct? Jim.
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Posted by Lucille on November 7, 2009, 7:44 am
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>I have seen the expression "Hissy fit" used on several occasions on rctn.
> Now, Australian Senator Steve Fielding has described a recent outburst by
> Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as having one. So I thought I would come to the
> experts to see what it means. This was in connection with "global
> warming".
> I have always taken it to mean something artificial, thrown by a female,
> to
> express annoyance at, or get the attention of, her male partner. Is this
> correct? Jim.
This definition comes from Michael Quinion, World Wide Words. He's the
very best source of obscure and/or odd text I know.
"Snit
The American term snit for a fit of rather childish temper can be traced
back to the editor, playwright, politician, journalist and diplomat Clare
Boothe Luce in the 1930s."
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Posted by Lucille on November 7, 2009, 8:40 am
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>>I have seen the expression "Hissy fit" used on several occasions on rctn.
>> Now, Australian Senator Steve Fielding has described a recent outburst by
>> Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as having one. So I thought I would come to
>> the
>> experts to see what it means. This was in connection with "global
>> warming".
>> I have always taken it to mean something artificial, thrown by a female,
>> to
>> express annoyance at, or get the attention of, her male partner. Is this
>> correct? Jim.
> This definition comes from Michael Quinion, World Wide Words. He's the
> very best source of obscure and/or odd text I know.
> "Snit
> The American term snit for a fit of rather childish temper can be traced
> back to the editor, playwright, politician, journalist and diplomat Clare
> Boothe Luce in the 1930s."
Sorry to be adding to my own post, but I forgot to add this piece:
"What she based snit on isn't known, though it's a splendidly sharp and
echoic word that nicely evokes the spitting hissy fit of such a temper
tantrum. ...
www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sni1.htm - Cached - Similar "
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Posted by Tia Mary on November 7, 2009, 8:47 am
F.James Cripwell wrote:
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> I have seen the expression "Hissy fit" used on several occasions on rctn.
> Now, Australian Senator Steve Fielding has described a recent outburst by
> Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as having one. So I thought I would come to the
> experts to see what it means. This was in connection with "global warming".
>
> I have always taken it to mean something artificial, thrown by a female, to
> express annoyance at, or get the attention of, her male partner. Is this
> correct? Jim.
I use the term all the time -- "pitchin' a hissy fit" to mean getting
extremely upset (not necessarily justifiably so) and **very** verbal and
generally having a nice rant about something. My family has always used
the term for little kids (especially the SMDGD) when one has a small
tantrum and screams, yells, hollers and is generally a total P.I.T.A. I
have a t-shirt with a frantic looking cartoon woman on it and around her
picture is printed "Never underestimate the power of a good hissy fit!"
I think when I was a kid it was used only for when women got upset
about something trivial. Only women got to pitch a hissy fit because
they were supposed to be more "emotional" then men :-).
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
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Posted by Magic Mood Jeep on November 7, 2009, 9:39 am
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> F.James Cripwell wrote:
>> I have seen the expression "Hissy fit" used on several occasions on rctn.
>> Now, Australian Senator Steve Fielding has described a recent outburst by
>> Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as having one. So I thought I would come to
>> the
>> experts to see what it means. This was in connection with "global
>> warming".
>> I have always taken it to mean something artificial, thrown by a female,
>> to
>> express annoyance at, or get the attention of, her male partner. Is this
>> correct? Jim.
> I use the term all the time -- "pitchin' a hissy fit" to mean getting
> extremely upset (not necessarily justifiably so) and **very** verbal and
> generally having a nice rant about something. My family has always used
> the term for little kids (especially the SMDGD) when one has a small
> tantrum and screams, yells, hollers and is generally a total P.I.T.A. I
> have a t-shirt with a frantic looking cartoon woman on it and around her
> picture is printed "Never underestimate the power of a good hissy fit!"
> I think when I was a kid it was used only for when women got upset
> about something trivial. Only women got to pitch a hissy fit because they
> were supposed to be more "emotional" then men :-).
I think it originates from cats: when two cats meet & they don't get along,
they hiss at each other.... getting verbal before getting physical.
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> Now, Australian Senator Steve Fielding has described a recent outburst by
> Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as having one. So I thought I would come to the
> experts to see what it means. This was in connection with "global
> warming".
> I have always taken it to mean something artificial, thrown by a female,
> to
> express annoyance at, or get the attention of, her male partner. Is this
> correct? Jim.