A psychological condition of being extremely upset and frustrated by failure to achieve some goal or inability to obtain some object denied to one. Usually consists of crying, shouting, stamping of feet, throwing of objects, or inappropriate use of words.
She really had a conniption because she wasn't chosen to be Beauty Queen. She threw a conniption when he refused to marry her.
A peak of fit, or hissy fit, or temper tantrum, and/or the desire to throw a tantrum as an emotional state, of wanting to alter much of one's own outcomes, yet when such outcomes are already proven inevitable.
He was in conniptions from his lack of insight into his own outcomes regarding his children's mother with respect to his son's behavior .
The one word that Garth's mom didn't teach him how to read from SNL.
Garth and Kat: *singing* "And you taught me how to reeeeeaad. But you forgot one word. One word. Two words. One word. Conniption. Conniption. Whyyy didn't you teach me conniption? Connipiton"
A conniption fit is a spontaneous outburst of anger or frustration, usually precipitated by an act of stupidity or neglect. Wild animation, gesticulations, and flailing of limbs often accompanies said outburst, adding visual flavor to the experience.
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.