# "He's pissy today" means what to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546 "2010-04-09T16:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/21 "2010-04-09T17:09:36Z")
…So, did we make things better, or worse? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/22 "2010-04-09T17:12:02Z")
Oh, better. I already knew I was pissy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/23 "2010-04-09T17:12:35Z")
I feel awkward now. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/24 "2010-04-09T17:19:38Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I feel awkward now. I’m betting you’re joking, but if not WE definitely are. We were just wondering how people tended to define that particular bit of slang. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/25 "2010-04-09T17:21:07Z")
Now, if we were talking about “pissed,” that gets more complicated. “I was so pissed because my husband got pissed at the company party and pissed on the potted plants.” ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/26 "2010-04-09T17:25:09Z")
(Yes, joke. All good. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/27 "2010-04-10T07:42:35Z")
I’d take it to mean that his cat’s pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/28 "2010-04-10T13:52:06Z")
That he’s in a grouchy mood, but not overwhelmingly so. “Pissy” is temporary and kind of silly to observers, an adult tantrum. To the extent it’s taken out on the world, the world kind of stares in amusement. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/29 "2010-04-10T14:30:07Z")
The angry snack food: Pissed Stachios ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/30 "2010-04-10T15:30:31Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > If I said or typed “He’s pissy today” what would you think I meant? Please be specific, if possible. Without looking at other responses: he’s in a grouchy mood, easily pissed off, and ready to take offense at the slightest thing. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/31 "2010-04-10T16:39:21Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The angry snack food: > Pissed Stachios With facial hair! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/32 "2010-04-10T18:41:52Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > And now, for my next impression: Jesse Owens! 😃 Not so fast there mister … you got some ‘splainin’ to do. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/33 "2010-04-10T22:23:24Z")
Irritating, irritated, unpleasant to be around. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/34 "2010-04-11T03:43:47Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Not so fast there mister … you got some ‘splainin’ to do. 🆒 I ain’t got nuthin’ to 'splain! It ain’t my thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/35 "2010-04-11T11:14:40Z")
pissy, crabby, cross, grouchy, irritable, bitchy, grumpy, dopey, and doc ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/36 "2010-04-11T13:05:55Z")
I would equate it with “cranky,” rather than mad. Someone who is prone just to go off, but not really get mad. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/37 "2010-04-11T19:48:35Z")
I agree with everyone else: it means cranky, irritable. Unless the person who said it has a lisp. Then it might mean terse, not given to excessive verbiage. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/38 "2010-04-12T01:07:00Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > If I said or typed “He’s pissy today” what would you think I meant? Please be specific, if possible. Grouchy mood, also referred to as having a case of the red ass. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546/39 "2010-04-12T01:19:07Z")
I’d say it’s basically “pissed off”, but in general rather than about something specific. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-pissy-today-means-what-to-you/535546.md?page=1)