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chiefly Southern & southern Midland
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an outburst or display of excited anger
- she throws a royal hissy whenever her food is late
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“Hissy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hissy. Accessed 28 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of hissy was circa 1934
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