Date:  Sat, 16 Sep 1995 06:27:15 -0500

From:  "Becky Howard, Department of Interdisciplinary Writing,

     Colgate University" <BHOWARD[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CENTER.COLGATE.EDU>

Subject: Going postal



Heard a new version of "going ballistic" yesterday: "going postal"

(i.e., postal workers' violence). Like "going ballistic," "going postal"

means having a strong reaction--usually an excessively strong reaction--

to a situation.



I heard this one from a colleague who heard it from a student. Is it a

Colgate quirk, or have some of you heard it, too?



Becky Howard

Department of Interdisciplinary Writing

Colgate University

Hamilton NY 13346

Voice (315) 824-7315; FAX (315) 824-7121

BHOWARD[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CENTER.COLGATE.EDU