ConnectWord · Ages 10-40 · In use
capoter
To freak out, either in a good way (super excited) or a bad way (panicking or losing it). 'Capoter sur' something means being obsessed with it.
Je capote, on a des billets pour le show! (I'm freaking out, we got tickets to the show!)
For parents and educators
Context tells you which kind of freaking out it is. Usually it's just excitement.
Where it came from
Old Québec French, from the sense of a car flipping over.
Also heard as
je capote, capoter sur