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going postal

American slang
Thing idiom Q5577884

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
idiom
Different from
amok[3]
Named after
Edmond post office shooting[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en going postal ja ゴーイング・ポスタル
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TV Tropes ID
Main/GoingPostal

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Named after 2
Postal, Postal: Classic and Uncut
Different from 1
amok
Instance of 1
idiom
← Different from 1
amok
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Postal
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Summary

going postal is an idiom[1].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for going postal include Postal[4], a video game[5] and Postal: Classic and Uncut[6], a video game compilation[7].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Postal[4], a video game[5] and Postal: Classic and Uncut[6], a video game compilation[7].

Related Entities

Postal Postal: Classic and Uncut

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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