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. 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.

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

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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. Have you heard the word? (Short Stuff) by Girls' Life \|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. 1999's 25 WILDEST, WEIRDEST, AND WINNINGEST MOMENTS IN ENTERTAINMENT by The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) For instruction on how to go Postal, visit the Ripcord Games web site at: www. Gamers Go "Postal" as Debut Title From Ripcord Games Hits Number ... by Business Wire More results

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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.

Have you heard the word? (Short Stuff) by Girls' Life

|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.

1999's 25 WILDEST, WEIRDEST, AND WINNINGEST MOMENTS IN ENTERTAINMENT by The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

For instruction on how to go Postal, visit the Ripcord Games web site at: www.

Gamers Go "Postal" as Debut Title From Ripcord Games Hits Number ... by Business Wire

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