go postal

== English == === Etymology === From go (“to become”) + postal (“relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail”), from a number of incidents, mostly gun violence, perpetrated by disgruntled U.S. Postal Service workers on co-workers in the United States in the mid 1980s. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡəʊ ˈpəʊstl̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡoʊ ˈpoʊstəl/ Hyphenation: go post‧al === Verb === go postal (third-person singular simple present goes postal, present participle going postal, simple past went postal, past participle gone postal) (intransitive, chiefly US, informal) To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also (more generally) to become very angry; to lose one's temper. (to become aggressive and erratic): Synonyms: run amok, crash out (to become very angry): Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lose one's temper ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === going postal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “go postal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === goal post, goalpost