Cleggmania

English

Etymology

Clegg +‎ -mania

Noun

Cleggmania (uncountable)

1. (UK politics, informal) Enthusiasm for British Liberal Democrat politician Nick Clegg.
   • 2010, John Bartle, Nicholas Allen, Britain at the Polls 2010, page 192:

     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.

   • 2011, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:

     Cleggmania briefly hit Orpington but we need to call our voters and tell them to stick to the blue corner […]