tiswasn.
/ˈtɪzwɒz/ slang.
A state of nervous agitation or confusion; occasionally a state of physical disorder or chaos.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > confused or altered mental state
vertigo1635
addling1798
mixed-upness1927
altered state1938
tiswas1960
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder
feery-fary1535
puddle1587
bauchle1600
vertigo1702
whemmel1817
mull1821
mix-up1841
scrimmage1852
embroilment1856
hash-up1860
brangle1865
mucker1867
unplight1876
car wreck1877
mix1882
mess-up1902
stirabout1905
pot mess1914
boorach1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
box1941
Chinese fire drill1943
snafu1943
foul-up1944
screw-up1950
snarl-up1960
tiswas1960
bumble-bath1965
clusterfuck1969
headfuck1983
car crash1992
katogo1994
dumpster fire2008
1960 M. Cecil Something in Common xvii. 195 Gets you all of a tiswas, when he's up the wall.
1974 Observer 27 Oct. 5/5 A young man rang up in quite a 'tis-was.
1980 Encounter May 7 She doesn't clean, but circumvents the dirt. Chairs stand on tables—‘All of a tizz-wozz.’ Has that been spelt before?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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