My child doesn't throw tantrums

My child doesn't throw tantrums; he makes kerfuffles.

He doesn't cling; he's a limpet.

He doesn't whine; he pules.

And he's never cranky; he's cantankerous, crabbed, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, testy, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, surly, or waspish.

My child may have badly-behaved moments, but they are always well-worded.