Gorby-mania

A form of Gorbymania — Enthusiasm for Mikhail Gorbachev, USSR head of state from 1985 to 1991, who introduced the liberalizing reforms of glasnost and perestroika.

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nounGorby-mania (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Gorbymania.

    A heady Western mood of Gorby-mania swept the American capital.

    1994, Martin Walker, The Cold War and the Making of the Modern World, page 295
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    As the Soviet Union disintegrated and "Gorby-mania" pervaded America, she was certain her newly completed manuscript, "A Book for Granddaughters," would never be published in the United States.

    2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 576
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