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Going postal

Going postal is an American English slang phrase referring to becoming extremely angry or uncontrollable, often to the point of violence, and usually in a workplace environment. The expression derives from a series of incidents from 1986 onward in which United States Postal Service (USPS) workers shot and killed people in acts of mass murder. Between…

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Notable postal shootings

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In popular culture

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Going postal

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples51
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
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related to Further reading · 24
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Going postal → Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Beyond Going Postal, Chapter, Commission, Congressional, In, Letter, Musacco, Note, Postal Work Unfairly Maligned, Report, Safe, Secure Workplace, September, Study Says, United States Congress, United States Postal Service, United States Service Commission
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Going postal → American, An, December, Los Angeles Times, On December, Petersburg Times, St, Unlike
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Going postal → American English slang phrase referring to becoming extremely angry or uncontrollable

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Going postalis aAmerican English slang phrase referring to becoming extremely angry or uncontrollable0.90text
Going postalrelated to External linksPostal Work Unfairly Maligned0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksStudy Says0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksSeptember0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksReport0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksUnited States Postal Service0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksCommission0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksSafe0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksSecure Workplace0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksAtlanta Journal-Constitution0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksLetter0.60section
Going postalrelated to External linksUnited States Congress0.60section

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