Do you know what "crash out" means?

“I tend to crash out as soon as my head hits the pillow.” It’s a phrase I’ve used for years now, usually meaning I’m so exhausted I’ll fall asleep immediately when I get into bed.

But it turns out the younger generations (I’m officially old) have another meaning for “crash out” – and it has absolutely nothing to do with sleep.

What does crash out mean?

Initially, crash out – as defined by Urban Dictionary – described “going insane and/or doing something stupid”.

Or as one Gen Z student described it in a TikTok explainer: “When you get real mad at something and you throw a tantrum – usually gaming, or like, in class.”

But over time crash out has evolved to become an all-encompassing term for “the unfiltered actions of a person who is angry, anxious, confused, stressed out, or experiencing mental health issues”, according to Vox.

“It can describe a range of behaviour, from emotional outbursts to altercations to withdrawals. There are a lot of ways that ‘crashing out’ can look, but like obscenity, you know it when you see it.”

Justin Bieber has been described by some as “crashing out” recently over his unusual social media activity and exchanges with paparazzi.

There’s also been a growing trend for people to film themselves........

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