have one's wig snatched

verb

To be shocked or stunned.

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Meanings

verbhave one's wig snatched (third-person singular simple present has one's wig snatched, present participle having one's wig snatched, simple past and past participle had one's wig snatched)

present singular third person has one's wig snatched · participle present having one's wig snatched · participle past had one's wig snatched · past had one's wig snatched

  1. idiomaticslangTo be shocked or stunned.

    Also, be prepared to have your wig snatched.

    2019, "6. Julia & Laurens, in "Meet Your Mentors!", Pax Mag (Leiden University), Intro Week Edition 2019-2020, page 8
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    It's been a month since the notorious op-ed was published in "he failing New York Times by an anomynisssss... really an anomynisssss, gutlesssss coward" and had America's wig snatched.

    2018, Hannah Su, "New Intel on the 'I Am Part of the Resistance' NYT Article", The Spokesman (Princeton Day School), October 2018, page 11

    Take these trends and make them your own, I can't wait to have my wig snatched by the creative outfits this fall.

    2018 October 6, Brandi Harrison, “Fall trends to keep in mind once you receive your refund”, in The Hornet Tribune, Alabama State University, page 12

Origin

From the jocular image of a person being so shocked by something that their wig falls off.

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