Snit Fit

The show apparently loves these snit-fit battles, delighting in their live TV 'spontaneity and regularly rehashing them in the next night's recap. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I say "pretending to ensure" because it's important to be clear on the concept that no Congress is required to follow the rules of its predecessors, so this isn't really a "reform" as much as it is a grandiose legislative snit-fit, undertaken to assuage all the hurt feelings that went down when someone insisted that health care should be given to people who got terminal cancer trying to save lives on September 11th. ❋ Jason Linkins (2010)

Then he could have a snit-fit and say "you won't have Rudy 91u1ani to kick around anymore" and then ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sad sight of the editor of “Columbia Journalism Review” fercryinoutloud having his own snit-fit over views he disagrees with. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"He was a bit upset and throwing a snit-fit at the time," I muttered, avoiding the question of my motives completely. ❋ Asprin, Robert (1987)

But you, you not only describe it as a snit-fit, you're willing to show up on Perv itself just to make a point. ❋ Asprin, Robert (1987)

But the moment you hit one of his cryptic procedural tripwires -- ones you often didn't know were laid in the first place -- Graham goes into full-on snit-fit mode, and vows to use whatever means at his disposal to shut the whole process down. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Secondly, I was afraid that it would serve as a pretext for our democratic friends to throw a snit-fit and march off, as they did, to a hot tub in Illinois. ❋ Unknown (2011)

-- Corey Pavin, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain who recently said he will give no special consideration to Tiger Woods when selecting the U.S. team - "He's just going to be treated like everyone else" - will pitch a snit-fit when he forgets his gate pass and is denied admission to the course because the pass-checker doesn't recognize him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The pissing contest that goes on in TEC and elsewhere as to who is suffering the most is a sad example of the reality that people on one side or the other of this or that snit-fit feel the pain. ❋ Mark Harris (2010)

As obsessed as Internet media types and plugged-in movie buffs may be with "The Social Network" -- thanks to the same kind of scientifically calibrated hype machine used to promote "Avatar" and "Inception" -- there's a whole world of people out there who don't know or care about Zuckerberg and the prophetic piece of computer code he wrote during a dorm-room snit-fit one night in 2003. ❋ Andrew O'Hehir (2010)

Hey, remember Stephen Zunes 'snit-fit at Barack a few months back? ❋ Unknown (2008)