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- noun colloquial A type of behavior, usually when a male acts feminine in a manner of frustration.
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Examples
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Hey CNN where are all the comments on the Maloney thread whats da matta Sharpton had a tissy fit and complained.
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And I sure as hell don't like TPM wasting space covering this little tissy fit between puffed-up egos.
Howard Wolfson Goes To War With MSNBC, Hammers Chris Matthews And Keith Olbermann 2009
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YES first of all, McCain raised a pittance 8f campaign money compared to Obama, even though the National committee (NRC) is pushing money into the McCain campaign, Frankly, I am surprised that his conjoined twoin, Lieberman, a practicing McCain did not pitch a tissy-fit about the next ad that likens Obama to Moses.
McCain Campaign Devoting One Third Of Its Total Ad Spending To Britney-Obama Spot 2009
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Landslide losses in WV and Kentucky could potentially get the media in a tissy asking "what about the racist vote?" even more than they have to this point with the hard-working white americans.
Poll: Obama Losing West Virginia Primary By More Than Two To One 2009
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But the American Nurses Association is in a ` tissy over this.
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To this OCDer who loves numbers -- that is, BLACK numbers -- a little red ink can send me into a tissy.
Therese Borchard: Money Fear: Two Ways To Cope With Financial Panic And Recession Anxiety 2009
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Sinker thinks not;but Mr. Jay BRandal is all in a tissy.
Think Progress » ‘I have the blood of American troops on my hands.’ 2006
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I wonder if Harlan Ellison would through a tissy fit if someone at an event asked him about Mike Resnick.
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If the Times goes into a tissy over one e-mail and violates basic principles of privacy, how can its reporters deal with the increasing scrutiny that new technology will bring?
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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Friday, August 8, 2003 @ 3: 33 p.m. So, suddenly people are in a tissy about me and my garden.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2003
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