→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFound→“run amok” (also spelled “amuck”) is often used to describe such things as children making a mess while they run around and play or the like. Classically, though, it more resembled the modern phrase “going postal” or someone who just snaps for various reasons and goes on a murderous rampage, very similar to what is depicted in the Michael Douglas’ film, Falling Down. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/02/origin-of-the-phrase-run-amok/ Sources: http://www.shutterstock.com/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC181064/ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=amok http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/run-amok.html http://www.theharvardadvocate.com/content/running-amok http://www.word-detective.com/2008/01/run-amuck/ http://www.dailywritingtips.com/running-amok-or-running-amuck/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_amok http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amok_%28dish%29 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=muck