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Blobbymania
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English
Etymology
From en blobby mania.
Noun
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en colloquial public enthusiasm for Mr Blobby, a comical character on UK television in the 1990s.
en 1997 Jon Purkis; James Bowen Twenty-first Century Anarchism At the height of Blobbymania over Christmas 1993, Mr Blobby held the number one spot in the UK singles chart, relegating the boy group Take That into second place.
en 1994 Funk & Wagnalls new encyclopedia yearbook 198 These antics hit the British funny bone, and Blobbymania swept the scepter'd isle, spawning more than 250 Blobby products ranging from dolls to clothing to lunch boxes.
Related terms
en Blobbygate