shit fit
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- (chiefly US, Canada, vulgar) A childish display of anger or frustration; a tantrum; a frantic outburst.
- 1974, Phil Tracy, "State Secrets, The Village Voice, 23 May, p. 3 (retrieved 17 June 2009):
- When the Republicans found out that Wilson's second bill was actually being credited to Al Blumenthal and Fred Ohrenstein, two Democrats the Republicans have a particular animosity toward, they, to put it mildly, threw a shit-fit.
- 2007, Kris Carr, Sheryl Crow, Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, →ISBN, page 25:
- My sweet little usually mellow kitty was having a total shit fit, screaming her head off.
- 1974, Phil Tracy, "State Secrets, The Village Voice, 23 May, p. 3 (retrieved 17 June 2009):
Synonyms
[edit]- hissy fit, snit fit, see also Thesaurus:tantrum