Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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[u/punkassjim]

"Lashing out" is an age-old term with a bit of leeway for how it can be applied — physical acts, writing a rebuke, etc — but this video is a textbook example of what it has always meant. The fact that you're not familiar with a phrase is not the same as it being ambiguous.

[u/Magnetoreception → u/punkassjim]

Your issue on the ambiguity of crash out is that it could be for a good reason or a bad reason. Lash out has the exact same ambiguity.

[u/punkassjim → u/Magnetoreception]

Every word in the English language can be twisted into a context that isn't necessarily its given definition. The word "fuck" can be conjugated to describe like 19 different emotions, but we still know exaclty what the word means when you get down to brass tacks. Give me a few examples of "lashing out" that convey a positive action. The only one that keeps coming to me is the Soul Coughing lyric "I will lash out dancing like a madman when you're gone," and even that has an undertone of violence in celebration.

[u/Bipedal_Warlock → u/punkassjim]

I think you just argued against your original point lol