Sunday, June 22, 2008

New word: Reaganitis

(n.) Inflammation of the Reagan, usually Ronald Reagan though occasionally Michael:

Symptoms of Ronald-Reagan flare-up include the obsessive tendency to name things “Reagan,” including but not limited to airports; and to insert Reagan into conversations or words ostensibly though tangentially related to the late former president's policies (i.e., “Reaganomics”), combined with a tendency to forget his former work as an actor, his part in the Iran-Contra affair, everyone else’s part in the fall of the Berlin Wall (particularly the Germans’), and other Reagan-is-martyr-like delusions.

Symptoms of the more acute though less widespread Michael-Reagan flare-up include intense irritation on the part of listeners or readers, followed by the desire to expatriate (applies equally to Democrats and Republicans, though the parties will cite different reasons for expatriation).

1 comment:

Alicia said...

The Urban Dictionary, unfortunately, defines "Reaganitis" as Alzheimer's Disease.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Reaganitis

I think my definition is better.