- What does go nuts mean slang?
- Where did the phrase going nuts come from?
- What does don't go nuts mean?
What does go nuts mean slang?
: to act in a way that is wild or out of control because of strong emotion. The crowd went nuts when the team won the championship. When Dad sees that you broke the window, he's going to go nuts.
Where did the phrase going nuts come from?
Coming later is the idea of nuts as crazy; that use was first seen in 1908, in a newspaper comic strip called Mutt and Jeff. To be “off one's nut” meant to be separated from your head, and thus your senses. That eventually was shortened to the current use, in which someone can simply be “nuts.”
What does don't go nuts mean?
DEFINITIONS2. to become crazy. A man could go nuts sitting around wondering what might happen. Synonyms and related words. To be, or to become crazy or stupid.