- Welcome to the Hellmouth “This is too much to handle I have to bail! .” [Buffy]
Bail
verb;
having to leave a situation or a place This word is linked to the traditional and more common usage of bailing (releasing) someone out of jail. Bail in its slang context is meant to take a lighter, less serious tone.
Etymology : ME baile < OF < L < bacula
Source : Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Last modified: 10 June 2008