wigged-out

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 1, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>wigged-out</strong> &#149; \WIGD-OUT\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>:</strong> mentally or emotionally discomposed <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upset">upset</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crazy">crazy</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"The idea that you might take a television drama very seriously is accepted now.… The difference with Buffy was that the delivery mechanism was teenage-girl-focused horror, just as David Lynch's Twin Peaks was supposedly just a <em>wigged-out</em> soap and Hill Street Blues was technically a police procedural." — <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/patrick-freyne-s-favourite-art-things-that-should-be-trash-but-are-actually-brilliant-1.4436643">Patrick Freyne, <em>The Irish Times</em>, 5 Jan. 2021</a></p> <p>"Pete Davidson's slow, stoned persona, mixing confessional revelation and <em>wigged-out</em> understatement, is one of the most original and charming in current comedy." — <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/universal-s-king-state-island-stars-pete-davidson-character-we-ncna1230726">Noah Berlatsky, <em>NBCNews.com</em>, 12 June 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>The <em>wig</em> in <em>wigged-out</em> is the one you don to change or enhance your appearance. <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wig">Wig</a></em> has been in use since the late 17th century, when it was adopted as a clipped form of <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periwig">periwig</a></em>, itself denoting a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head. The source of <em>periwig</em> is Middle French <em>perruque</em> (source also of the synonym <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webs