The Chilling Story Of The Post Office Shootings That Inspired The Phrase ‘Going Postal’
The phrase “going postal,” which means to become uncontrollably angry, appeared as a slang term in American English in the 1990s. It emerged after a spate of shootings at post offices carried out by employees who were angry about their working conditions. The first recorded use of the term came in 1993, when a Florida … Read more