flip one's wig

verb

"flip-one-s-wig" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“flip one's wig” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To become very angry.

Corpus desk

Index EN-flip-one-s-wig · flip one's wig · English

flip one's wig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for flip one's wig
PropertyValue
Headwordflip one's wig
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “flip one's wig” in English

flip one's wigranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flip one's wig is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flip one's wig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: A variation of flip one's lid. The correct English form is flip one's wig, spelled F-L-I-P- -O-N-E-'-S- -W-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    To become very angry.
  2. 2
    To act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how flip one's wig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. You've flipped your wig!

Etymology

A variation of flip one's lid.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flip one's wig"?
"flip one's wig" is spelled F-L-I-P- -O-N-E-'-S- -W-I-G.
What does "flip one's wig" mean?
As a verb, "flip one's wig" means: To become very angry.
What is the origin of the word "flip one's wig"?
A variation of flip one's lid. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list