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Michaelmania

Michaelmania noun: intense enthusiasm for American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer Michael Jackson.

Noun

Michaelmania (uncountable)

  1. Intense enthusiasm for American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer Michael Jackson.
    • "Michaelmania" had run at fever pitch from late 1982 through 1984. But in retrospect Michael was not the much-sought-after Presley or Beatles figure. By the late 1980s he was as "out" as he had been "in."1990, Joe Stuessy, Rock and Roll, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 371

Origin of Michaelmania

From Michael + -mania.

Questions about Michaelmania

What does Michaelmania mean?
Michaelmania means intense enthusiasm for American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer Michael Jackson.
What part of speech is Michaelmania?
Michaelmania is a noun.

Words near Michaelmania in the dictionary

  1. Michaelis-Menten kinetics
  2. Michaelite
  3. Michaelites
  4. Michaell
  5. Michaella
  6. Michaelmania
  7. Michaelmas
  8. Michaelmas blackbird
  9. Michaelmas blackbirds
  10. Michaelmas daisies
  11. Michaelmas daisy

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