wig out - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig.
wig out (third-person singular simple present wigs out, present participle wigging out, simple past and past participle wigged out)
- (slang, intransitive) To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.
2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian[1]:
An organist wigged out like Rick Wakeman, the diamante lapels of Humza Yousaf’s kilt jacket sparkled, and out in the Mall, the procession began.
- (drugs, slang, intransitive) To behave in an extremely erratic or irrational manner; to lose one's mind.
- Synonyms: freak out, lose one's wits
- (slang, transitive) To cause to become extremely emotional or excitable.
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Creepy Steeple:
Yeah, this is Creepy Steeple. That nasty monster's place... This place wigs me out...
- wigged-out (adj)
- (slang) A chaotic or crazy episode.
2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian[2]:
“Let’s get high!” say Quill, Saturday’s opening act and maybe the most obscure name on the bill. They are also awful. They Live The Life lasts a leaden, eight minutes, ending in a percussive wig out with the band sarcastically chanting: “You’re so free!” This was played during one of the brief sunny spells, but you wouldn’t know it.