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Rollermania

Rollermania noun: a 1970s phenomenon of extreme or hysterical adulation for the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers.

Noun

Rollermania (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A 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 of Rollermania

From roller + -mania.

Questions about Rollermania

What does Rollermania mean?
Rollermania means a 1970s phenomenon of extreme or hysterical adulation for the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers.
What part of speech is Rollermania?
Rollermania is a noun.

Words near Rollermania in the dictionary

  1. rollerless
  2. rollermaker
  3. rollermakers
  4. rollermaking
  5. rollerman
  6. Rollermania
  7. rollermen
  8. rolleron
  9. rollerons
  10. rollers
  11. rollerskate

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