wig (out)

slang
as in to crack
to yield to mental or emotional stress with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine

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Verb
  • Short passwords — think six or eight characters — can be cracked in minutes by modern hacking tools.
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  • Those pieces then get melted down and eventually combined with recycled bottle plastic to create new Repreve yarns.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The 23-pound nugget was melted down and sold for $4,800, according to historians.
    Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • Are there really women out there who want Badgley to put on his Joe Goldberg cap and choke them?
    Judy Berman, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Southern California has been choked by smog since the mass adoption of the automobile.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Rami Malek and Emma Corrin have broken up, PEOPLE has confirmed.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Wig (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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