Rollermania

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noun

A 1970s phenomenon of extreme or hysterical adulation for the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers.

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Meanings

nounRollermania (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableA 1970s phenomenon of extreme or hysterical adulation for the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers.

    Everyone remembers Beatlemania. The Fab Four created a fan frenzy wherever they appeared. Yet a decade after their 1960s' peak, an equally hysterical teenage phenomenon gripped Britain. It was called Rollermania.

    2014 May 3, Dominic Midgley, “Rocked by Rollermania: The Fab Four and their fame frenzy”, in Daily Express

Origin

From roller + -mania.

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APA

Rollermania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rollermania

MLA

“Rollermania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rollermania. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rollermania,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rollermania.

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