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go postal |
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go postal (American very informal) to become very angry, or to suddenly behave in a violent and angry way, especially in the place where you work Usage notes: This idiom started when a post office worker in America shot several of the people he worked with. My Mom will go postal if I get home late. When she heard she'd been fired she went postal and started throwing things around the office. See also: postal go postal to suddenly become violent or angry I don't think anybody is going to come in to work and go postal on me. Etymology: based on an event in which an employee of the US Postal Service shot and killed other workers See also: postal How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But just because words like nimrod, go postal and wannabe are now fair game, we doubt they'll turn up on your next vocab quiz. |8 A postage stamp boasting the likeness of Queen's deceased lead singer Freddie Mercury--and approved by the queen--causes conservatives to go postal in the United Kingdom. For instruction on how to go Postal, visit the Ripcord Games web site at: www. |
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