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To: Jack Hydrazine

Come to think about it, I have never heard anyone else use the term outside of my freinds and family. Is it a regional term?

I wonder where it came from?


55 posted on 01/13/2014 8:03:11 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conniption
con·nip·tion
[kuh-nip-shuhn]
noun
Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.
Also called conniption fit.
Origin: 1825–35, Americanism; origin uncertain

conniption
— n
slang ( US ), ( Canadian ) ( often plural ) a fit of rage or tantrums
[C19: arbitrary pseudo-Latin coinage]

conniption
1833, Amer.Eng., origin uncertain; perhaps related to corruption, which was used in a sense of “anger” from 1799, or from Eng. dialectal canapshus “ill-tempered, captious,” probably a corruption of captious.


56 posted on 01/13/2014 8:06:41 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: GeronL; Jack Hydrazine

C’mon guys...

Everybody knows it’s a type of “fit”.


73 posted on 01/13/2014 8:35:35 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: GeronL

noun Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger. Also called conniption fit. Origin: 1825–35, Americanism; origin uncertain


conniption fit (plural conniption fits)

Anger or panic expressed verbally loudly and with overt bodily gestures.

Usage notes

In the southeastern part of the United States, the difference between a hissy fit and a conniption fit is usually associated with overt physical gestures.


75 posted on 01/13/2014 8:38:38 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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