Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/April 12

1. (Greek mythology, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”).
2. (by extension (see the etymology))
   1. Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
   2. Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.

panic n

1. (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
2. (countable, computing) Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
3. (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
4. (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.

panic v

1. (transitive)
   1. To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
   2. (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
   3. (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
2. (intransitive)
   1. To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
   2. (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.

Brendon Urie, the American singer, songwriter, and musician behind the project Panic! at the Disco, was born on this day 35 years ago in 1987.