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Tissy vs Missy - What's the difference?

tissy | missy |

As nouns the difference between tissy and missy

is that tissy is a type of behavior, usually when a male acts feminine in a manner of frustration while missy is a young female; miss.

As a proper noun Missy is

a diminutive of the female given name Melissa.

As an adjective missy is

of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.

tissy

English

Usage notes

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

Noun

(-)
  • (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

    missy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
    • English diminutives of female given names