Thursday, November 09, 2006

snitfittery

noun. A first cousin of hissyfittery that's equally unpleasant.

Real citation: "Now, a smarter person would have realized much earlier than I did that at some point, no answer becomes the answer no. I applied for a secondary position, and got an answer much faster - which was again no, partly on the grounds that rebound and general snitfittery are not the best of all motivations."
(March 10, 2000, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.callahans/msg/b35a784ae475e6b9)

Made-up citation: "I wish I were above pettiness and snitfittery, but my inner George Costanza is strong."

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