Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gippermania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gip-per-ma-nia
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enthusiasm for actor and American president Ronald Reagan.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After eight years of Ronald Reagan and Gippermania, Bush and Dukakis both have their work cut out for them."
"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."
"There was only a one-week frenzy window between Gippermania and the pending Clinton memoir, and Weinstein flew right through it."

Etymology

From Gipper + -mania.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Gipper

Usage

Questions

What does gippermania mean?: Enthusiasm for actor and American president Ronald Reagan.
Where does gippermania come from?: From Gipper + -mania.

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