Definition of go postal
go postal 
verb
- to perpetrate acts of premeditated violence.
- See more words with the same meaning: to attack, to fight.
Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Michael Venables from USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to go insane. Notes: the term originated from the cases of United States Postal Service employees who, due to job stress or other traumatic influence, have murdered coworkers on the job, usually with a firearm. Only later did the definition open up to general insanity, but the term still has connotations of violence.
- See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.
Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Michael Venables from USA on Oct 01 2001.
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Other terms relating to 'to attack, to fight': | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to use Ecstasy (MDMA). | |
| Definitions include: to beat with physical violence. | |
| Definitions include: to hit. Often spoken as a sound effect when playfully hitting a friend, especially when they do or say something stupid. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in intimate physical contact, usually intercourse. Also jump (one's) bones. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: to receive a beating. | |
| Definitions include: to desire someone physically. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: to attack, beat up. | |
| Definitions include: aggravation. | |
| Definitions include: to beat a person. | |
| Definitions include: to injure or destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to be hit, punched, attacked. | |
Other terms relating to 'to become angry, go crazy, freak out': | |
| Definitions include: to lose one's temper. | |
| Definitions include: going crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to aggravate; anger; annoy. | |
| Definitions include: "epileptic fit". | |
| Definitions include: to make a person angry. | |
| Definitions include: to become angry about something that the speaker doesn't think is worthy. | |
| Definitions include: to really annoy or upset. | |
| Definitions include: to react with extreme emotion. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to go crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to go crazy; "go postal". | |
| Definitions include: to cause a person to become angry or aggravated. | |
| Definitions include: to lose one's temper. | |
| Definitions include: to become nervous; "freak out". | |
| Definitions include: an exclamation of surprise or disappointment; "damn"; "darn"; "shit". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'go': | |
| Definitions include: completely ready. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot". | |
| Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people. | |
| Definitions include: excited and ready to start. | |
| Definitions include: From the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: "goes in to". | |
| Definitions include: the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: to get a person excited. | |
| Definitions include: to move one's legs. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: to say. | |
Other terms relating to 'postal': | |
| Definitions include: to get violent, to go crazy. | |
| Definitions include: See also go postal. | |
| Definitions include: On edge, ready to go postal, agitated. | |
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