beetlemania
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See also: Beetlemania
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
beetlemania (uncountable)
- (informal) Enthusiasm for beetles.
- 2006, James Barilla, West With the Rise: Fly-Fishing Across America, Charlottesville, V.A., London: University of Virginia Press, →ISBN, page 36:
- I take a few steps and cast again to the next pocket; another fish follows the beetle and strikes as I pull it across. I'm breathing shallow and fast and grinning, all symptoms of Beetlemania.
- 2011, Jessica Speart, Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 41:
- Have a sudden hankering to get a bug while you're out shopping? No problem. Southeast Asian rhinoceros beetles can be purchased at Japan's version of Home Depot. It's "beetlemania" to be sure.
- 2014, Simon Barnes, Ten Million Aliens: A Journey Through the Entire Animal Kingdom, London: Short Books, →ISBN, page 449:
- In other words, the two men who were responsible for unravelling the greatest mystery of life both suffered from beetlemania. This is not the weirdest of all possible coincidences; beetling and bug-hunting were more mainstream activities in Victorian times.