Gipper

gipper English Etymology From Reagan's role as George Gipp George "the Gipper" Gipp (1895–1920) in the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, which lead to him acquiring the nickname "the Gipper" (from Gipp en er<id:Oxford>), later popularized by the media during his presidency. Proper noun the Gipper A nickname for American actor and politician Ronald Reagan. en 1992 Michael Weiler; W. Barnett Pearce Reagan and Public Discourse in America https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reagan_and_Public_Discourse_in_America/PtjgKEEKFhAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+gipper%22+reagan&pg=PA137 137 It took no more than a jaunty one-liner in the second presidential debate—"I refuse to hold my opponent's youth against him"—for large numbers of people to be reassured that if the Gipper had ever been out of it, he was now back. en 1999 Al Franken Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rush_Limbaugh_is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot_and_Oth/PZDcoEchkIAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+gipper%22+reagan&pg=PA126 126 Over the eight years of the Reagan presidency, the Gipper asked Congress for $16.1 billion more in spending than it passed into law. en 2014 Craig Shirley Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rendezvous_with_Destiny/qlA6AwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22heavily+for+the+gipper%22+reagan&pg=PP212 unnumbered most of the Ford vote from 1976, which Bush had hoped to claim, went heavily for the Gipper. Derived terms en Gipperism en Gipperite en Gippermania See also en Ronald Reagan en Individuals Ronald Reagan Nicknames for individuals