Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Turtlemania en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From turtle + -mania.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) Enthusiasm for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a group of fictional cartoon heroes.
    • Turtlemania is HOT!!! Since they made their debut as a comic strip seven years ago, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have taken off like a rocket. 1990 May 15, Weekly World News, page 4:
    • It's a towering green tidal wave of popularity, with our four Ninja Turtles riding high on the crest to further adventures. Here's just a sample of the ways that Turtlemania has taken over the media... 1991, Stanley Wiater, Jim Prindle, The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Treasury:
    • A full appreciation of Turtlemania requires a recognition not only of how martial arts had found its way into films, television, and comic books but of how, more generally, Asian popular culture profoundly impacted American culture. 2000, Wheeler W. Dixon, Film genre 2000: new critical essays, page 90:
    • After all, the Turtles are old stuff now, and Turtlemania was at its peak 25 years ago. 2010, Joseph D. Noshpitz, Bruce Sklarew, Myra Sklarew, The journey of child development, page 131: