#954 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 9531 TO 9540- Four letter words ending in 'iss'

English has six four-letter-words ending in 'iss'.

Here are the answers to the small quiz based on these six words.

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diss hiss kiss miss piss wiss
The word 'wiss' is slang. It is not found in dictionaries. Hence, I am not using. WISS is an acronym.

9531. Stardom may not be worth a pitcher of piss for persons of steady wisdom.

9532. Snakes hiss. Angry men and women hiss. Can we say that angry men and women are snakes?

9533. Lovers agitate when their partners diss them.

9534. Salute one another with an holy kiss.
-Bible (NewTestament)
Romans16:16.

9535. Did Edward Kennedy miss the Presidential Bus?

9536. Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him. --Samuel Johnson.

9537. If you are going to piss off powerful people, you might not want to break the law. (attributed to Dr. Samuel Johnson).

9538. The person I miss most is the one I could have been. -- George Bernard Shaw.

9539. Kiss me Kate. We shall be married on Sunday. -- Shakespeare in 'Taming of the Shrew'.

9540. Sibilants like 'S' make hissing sounds while pronouncing.