# Define "pissy", please?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293 "2005-12-26T23:21:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293/1 "2005-12-26T23:21:35Z")

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**No, I am not Pitting somebody.**

But in [THIS THREAD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6936710#post6936710), the O-poster uses the word “pissy”.

Can anybody give me a good definition? 😕

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293/2 "2005-12-26T23:25:31Z")

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Needlessly touchy or antagonistic.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293/3 "2005-12-26T23:29:34Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> Needlessly touchy or antagonistic.

That and overly emotional.

It means that someone is overly sensitive and confrontational about certain topics.

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**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293/4 "2005-12-26T23:29:39Z")

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Like someone pissed in your corn flakes.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293/5 "2005-12-26T23:32:27Z")

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> [@Nic2004](#):
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> Like someone pissed in your corn flakes.

Unless the person had a fetish about such a thing. It is possible to be completely unpissy about actual piss.

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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-pissy-please/337293/6 "2005-12-27T05:46:38Z")

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Kinda cranky + kinda prissy= pissy, imho.

The cure tends to be a BJ and a cup of coffee in most cases.