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A toddler's veto on reality, delivered at maximum decibels.
means A sudden, usually childish outburst of uncontrolled anger or frustration.
from A genuine etymological mystery — 'tantrum' appears in English in the 1700s seemingly out of nowhere, with no clear ancestor in Latin, French, or older English. Dictionaries simply mark it 'origin unknown.' Some guess it may be linked to dialect words for a sudden fit or whim, but nothing is confirmed — the word itself threw a tantrum and refused to explain where it came from.
- origin
- word appeared suddenly in 1700s, meaning unknown, fittingly
- peak age
- tantrums peak around age two to three
- duration
- average tantrum lasts under three minutes if ignored
- adult version
- same wiring, just with better vocabulary and worse consequences