Blobbymania

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noun

Public enthusiasm for Mr Blobby, a comical character on UK television in the 1990s.

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Meanings

nounBlobbymania (uncountable)
  1. colloquialuncountablePublic enthusiasm for Mr Blobby, a comical character on UK television in the 1990s.

    At the height of Blobbymania over Christmas 1993, Mr Blobby held the number one spot in the UK singles chart, relegating the boy group Take That into second place.

    1997, Jon Purkis, James Bowen, Twenty-first Century Anarchism
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    These antics hit the British funny bone, and Blobbymania swept the scepter'd isle, spawning more than 250 Blobby products ranging from dolls to clothing to lunch boxes.

    1994, Funk & Wagnalls new encyclopedia yearbook, page 198

Origin

From blobby + -mania.

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