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tissy | pissy |

As a noun tissy

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

As an adjective pissy is

covered in piss.

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

    pissy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered in piss.
  • Resembling or smelling like piss.
  • Anal retentive]], [[whinge, whinging and pernickety.
  • Stop being pissy: you knew what I meant when I said "Don't touch the dial", but you prodded the dial with a fork.
  • (of rain) Weak and drizzly.
  • I wish these pissy rain showers would either build up into a storm or go away.

    Derived terms

    * pissily * pissiness