noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Enthusiasm for Mikhail Gorbachev, USSR head of state from 1985 to 1991, who introduced the liberalizing reforms of glasnost and perestroika. informal, uncountable

   "While in Bonn, at the time of Gorbymania, I fell in with part of the Russian entourage."

Example

More examples

"While in Bonn, at the time of Gorbymania, I fell in with part of the Russian entourage."

Etymology

From Gorby + -mania.

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