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• n  an excited state of agitation

• Speaking of his comments to a reporter criticizing NATO's inadequate training of troops deployed to Afghanistan, which generated a tizzy in European capitals (testifying before .
• Of course everyone's having a tizzy he evolved over time into a calculating Washington insider who speaks incessantly to the media He did great damage to the Bush .
• From London, our colleague Catherine Mayer reports that the British (or at least the British press--not always the same thing) are in a tizzy over word that Obama plans to name one of .

• dither
• pother
• fuss
• flap

News & Articles

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• OPM Is the real problem, not the IRS
  Suddenly, Democrats are in a tizzy about wasteful government spending. At hearings this week into the IRS’s misuse of taxpayer dollars to fund staff junkets, Rep. Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, bemoaned, “The money that was spent on that — that’s my...
  June 8, 2013 - New York Post
• Jamie Lynn Spears Might Be Featured on Britney's Next Album!
  (Getty Images) Big news, Britney fans: There may be an extra-special collaboration lined up on the pop princess' next album. Beyond the obvious will.i.am guest spot that's bound to happen, that is. Songwriter Antony Preston got fans in a tizzy when he hinted that Spears' next album may be a family affair, tweeting, "Two down... Four to go! Gonna miss my vocal coach :) @jamielynnspears" on ...
  June 7, 2013 - Zimbio

Quotes

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• Christie Brinkley in NBC Los Angeles
  Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love,said Brinkley. "I told Alexa, You got yourself worked into such a tizzy. You need to examine that, you need to seek professional advice."
• George McGovern in Reuters South Africa
  That situation "throws program planners and administrators into a tizzy," McGovern said.