have one's wig snatched

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

Verb

 * 1)  To be shocked or stunned.
 * 2) * 2018, Hannah Su, "New Intel on the 'I Am Part of the Resistance' NYT Article", The Spokesman (Princeton Day School), October 2018, page 11:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2019, "6. Julia & Laurens, in "Meet Your Mentors!", Pax Mag (Leiden University), Intro Week Edition 2019-2020, page 8:
 * Also, be prepared to have your wig snatched.
 * Also, be prepared to have your wig snatched.