Sissy vs Hissy - What's the difference?
sissy | hissy |
(pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
(pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
(BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
(colloquial) Sister.
(pejorative) .
* 2000 , (revised edition), Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-58176-7,
(pejorative) .
(childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
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Accompanied with hisses
Making a hissing sound
Childish or petulant (compare hissy fit)
(US) A tantrum, a fit
As nouns the difference between sissy and hissy
is that sissy is an effeminate boy or man while hissy is a tantrum, a fit.As adjectives the difference between sissy and hissy
is that sissy is effeminate while hissy is accompanied with hisses.As a verb sissy
is to urinate.As a proper noun Sissy
is {{given name|female|diminutive=Cecilia}}.sissy
English
Etymology 1
Extended form ofNoun
(sissies)Synonyms
* (timid or cowardly person) mama's boy, pansy, nancyboy * (effeminate boy) janegirlDerived terms
* prissy * sissified * sissy bar (a passenger backrest for a motorcycle or bicycle) * sissyphobia * sissy squat (a weightlifting exercise emphasizing knee extension)Adjective
(er)page 173:
- she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.