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English
Noun
hissy fit (plural hissy fits)
- (informal) A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.
- Synonyms: tantrum, outburst, shit fit, snit fit, (UK) wobbler; see also Thesaurus:tantrum
1996 May 13, David E. Thigpen, “If You Could Hear Her Now”, in Time:Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!"
2006, Stephen Weeks, The White Horses:(Can we find and add a quotation of Stephen Weeks to this entry?)