flip (one's) wig



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flip (one's) wig

To react to something, good or bad, with strong emotion. I had to talk to Mr. Myers about the botched report today, and boy, did he flip his wig. I figured Aunt June would be excited to hear I'm getting married, but she totally flipped her wig!
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Josefineyo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
LivioLEE-vyoItalian
&Thorn;ÓRbjÖRg-Ancient Scandinavian
Edward['edwəd]
BambangBAHM-bahngIndonesian, Javanese
Neves-Portuguese