postal

postal
To have a lapse in sanity that may involve violence or firearms at a workplace. Derived from postal worker - someone who takes a semi-automatic machinegun to work after a bad week. {For a bit more on origins, see zip plus four. In nearby Tulsa, OK, Magoo's Billiards used the phrase go postal in a radio commercial. A result: A postal worker almost went postal - he called Magoo's ranting and raving about his objections to the use of the phrase go postal.}

Don't give any more work to David. He's about to go postal. | I wouldn't be surprised if Barry goes postal tomorrow.


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  • Postal — Entwickler Running With Scissors, Inc. Publisher …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • postal — postal, ale, aux [ pɔstal, o ] adj. • 1832; de 1. poste 1 ♦ Qui concerne la poste, l administration des Postes. Service postal. Aviation postale. ⇒ aéropostal. Franchise, taxe postale. Convention postale, relative aux liaisons postales… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Postal 2 — Postal² Pour les articles homonymes, voir Postal. Postal² Éditeur Whiptail Interactive Développeur Running With Scissors Date de sortie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Postal 2 — Обложка диска Postal 2 Разработчик …   Википедия

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  • Postal 2 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Postal 2 Desarrolladora(s) Running With Scissors Distribuidora(s) Whiptail Interactive, Linux Game Publishing (Version Linux) Motor Unreal Engine 2.0 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Postal — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para el videojuego, véase Postal (videojuego) Postal del siglo XIX (reverso) La tarjeta postal ilustrada, comunmente llamada postal, tarjeta postal o tarjeta de correo es una pieza rectangular de pa …   Wikipedia Español

  • postal — (De posta). 1. adj. Concerniente al ramo de correos. Servicio postal. 2. f. tarjeta postal. ☛ V. apartado postal, casilla postal, código postal, franquía postal, giro postal, objeto postal, paquete postal, sello postal …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • poştal — POŞTÁL, Ă, poştali, e, adj. Care aparţine poştei1, privitor la poştă1, folosit de poştă1. ♢ Factor poştal = funcţionar al poştei1, care predă corespondenţa la domiciliu, la destinaţie; poştaş, poştar. – Din fr. postal (după poştă1). Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • Postal — Post al, a. [Cf. F. postal.] Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities. [1913 Webster] {Postal card}, or {Post card}, a card used for transmission of messages through the mails, at a lower rate of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Postal — can refer to: *Mail, the postal service *The Postal Service, a band * Going postal , the U.S. slang phrase meaning a killing spree * Going Postal , a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett * Postal (computer game), a series of controversial computer… …   Wikipedia

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