English

Usage notes

Origination: a play on the word, hissy or hissy fit.

Noun

tissy ‎(uncountable)

1. (colloquial) A type of behavior, usually when a male acts feminine in a manner of frustration.

   Mark threw a huge tissy when he came in today and saw the mess that was made of his magazines.

   After the laughter that was directed at him after his first tissy-fit, Mark started to tissy for a whole new reason.

Derived terms

• throw a tissy-fit
• tissy-fit