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Cleggmania

Cleggmania noun: enthusiasm for British Liberal Democrat politician Nick Clegg.

Noun

Cleggmania (uncountable)

  1. (UK, informal) Enthusiasm for British Liberal Democrat politician Nick Clegg.
    • Before the debate the Daily Telegraph, a Conservative-leaning newspaper, had tried to prick the Cleggmania bubble by running a story alleging that Clegg had received payments from party donors directly into his private bank account.2010, John Bartle, Nicholas Allen, Britain at the Polls 2010, page 192
    • Cleggmania briefly hit Orpington but we need to call our voters and tell them to stick to the blue corner[…]2011, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor

Origin of Cleggmania

From Clegg + -mania.

Questions about Cleggmania

What does Cleggmania mean?
Cleggmania means enthusiasm for British Liberal Democrat politician Nick Clegg.
What part of speech is Cleggmania?
Cleggmania is a noun.

Words near Cleggmania in the dictionary

  1. cleftstone
  2. cleftstones
  3. cleg
  4. Cleganebowl
  5. clegg
  6. Cleggmania
  7. cleggs
  8. Cleghorn
  9. Cleghorns
  10. clegs
  11. cleid-

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