conniption
noun/kəˈnɪp.ʃən/
Etymology Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, probably a fanciful alteration of corruption etc., or maybe related to captious.
1
Informal A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
- When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
- I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here for2001, “My Plague”, in Iowa, performed by Slipknot:
3 more examples
- […]threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street2008 October 20, Businessweek:
- MARC JACOBS is the Michael Bloomberg of the West Village and also its Sam Walton. Jane Jacobs would have loved him, if she wasn’t overcome by conniptions at his oozing influence over her beloved neighborhood streets.2010 November 10, John Caramanica, “Monopoly by Marc Jacobs”, in The New York Times:
- The Dodgers tried late to make a push for him last winter, with their splashy offseason already over the billion-dollar mark. They expressed interest in him over the trade deadline, even if prying him from the San Francisco Giants would have caused a conniption for fans of the historic rivals.2024 November 27, Rabian Ardaya, “For the Dodgers, signing Blake Snell always made the most sense”, in The New York Times:
2
A fit of laughing; convulsion.
- The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.