Date:    Thu, 12 Feb 1998 15:47:59 -0600
<br>From:    Christopher Church  christopher.church[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BMHCC.ORG 
<br>Subject: "hissy fit"
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<br>Does anyone out there know the derivation of the familiar Southernism
<br>"hissy fit"?  Could it have derived from "hussy"?  Many of our faculty
<br>are familiar with "hissy fits," but no one here knows the origin of the
<br>term.
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<br>Christopher Church, Asst. Professor of Philosophy and Religion,
<br>Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
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