Gippermania

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noun

Enthusiasm for actor and American president Ronald Reagan.

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Meanings

nounGippermania (uncountable)
  1. informalrareuncountableEnthusiasm for actor and American president Ronald Reagan.

    After eight years of Ronald Reagan and Gippermania, Bush and Dukakis both have their work cut out for them.

    1988, The Illustrated London News, volume 276, page 102
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    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.

    2000, Lydia Millet, George Bush, Dark Prince of Love: A Presidential Romance, page 17

    There was only a one-week frenzy window between Gippermania and the pending Clinton memoir, and Weinstein flew right through it.

    2004 June 17, Tina Brown, “Democrats Warm To 'Fahrenheit 9/11'”, in The Washington Post

Origin

From Gipper + -mania.

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Gippermania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gippermania

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“Gippermania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gippermania. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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