Gippermania

English

Etymology

Gipper +‎ -mania

Noun

Gippermania (uncountable)

  1. (informal, rare) Enthusiasm for actor and American president Ronald Reagan.
    • 1988, The Illustrated London News‎, volume 276, page 102:
      After eight years of Ronald Reagan and Gippermania, Bush and Dukakis both have their work cut out for them.
    • 2000, Lydia Millet, George Bush, Dark Prince of Love: A Presidential Romance, page 17:
      I saw him as a Reagan hangover, and unlike my fellow citizens, I had never cared much for Ronnie. Maybe I was just in a bad mood from being in prison, or maybe, by dint of being inside, I was immune to the raging Gippermania that hit the country.
    • 2004 June 17, Tina Brown, “Democrats Warm To 'Fahrenheit 9/11'”, in The Washington Post:
      There was only a one-week frenzy window between Gippermania and the pending Clinton memoir, and Weinstein flew right through it.
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