going postal

Summary

going postal is an idiom^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of idiom entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,216 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• going postal's instance of is recorded as idiom^[3].
• Edmond post office shooting is named after going postal^[4].
• going postal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yv5m^[5].
• going postal's different from is recorded as amok^[6].
• going postal's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/GoingPostal^[7].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for going postal include Postal^[8], a video game^[9] and Postal: Classic and Uncut^[10], a video game compilation^[11].

Why It Matters

going postal ranks in the top 3% of idiom entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,216 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[12]

Entities named for it include Postal^[8], a video game^[9] and Postal: Classic and Uncut^[10], a video game compilation^[11].