Rollermania

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A 1970s phenomenon of extreme or hysterical adulation for the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers. historical, uncountable

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From roller + -mania.

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