conniption fit

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conniption fit

An outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper. My mom's going to have a conniption fit when she sees what happened to the car! I was so embarrassed when Danny started having a conniption fit in the grocery store.

conniption (fit)

(kəˈnɪpʃən...)

n. a burst of anger; a spaz. He had a conniption fit over the question of my marriage to Fred.

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The National Endowment for the Arts funded part of this enterprise, and it is couched in words and concepts that are sure to give Jesse Helms a conniption fit, so he'll doubtless have his conniption fit, and then the writers here can get all prissy and righteous--which isn't as hard as it might seem, even if you're all dolled up in minis and teddies and nose rings.

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