Gipper

See also: gipper

English

Etymology

From Reagan's role as George "The Gipper" Gipp (1895-1920) in the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, which lead to him acquiring the nickname "the Gipper," later popularized by the media during his presidency.

Proper noun

the Gipper

A nickname for American actor and politician Ronald Reagan.
- 1992, Michael Weiler & W. Barnett Pearce, Reagan and Public Discourse in America, page 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.
- 1999, Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, page 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.
- 2014, Craig Shirley, Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America, unnumbered page:
  […] most of the Ford vote from 1976, which Bush had hoped to claim, went heavily for the Gipper.

Derived terms

Gipperism
Gipperite
Gippermania

单词	Gipper
释义	Gipper See also: gipper English Etymology From Reagan's role as George "The Gipper" Gipp (1895-1920) in the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, which lead to him acquiring the nickname "the Gipper," later popularized by the media during his presidency. Proper noun the Gipper A nickname for American actor and politician Ronald Reagan. 1992, Michael Weiler & W. Barnett Pearce, Reagan and Public Discourse in America, page 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. 1999, Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, page 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. 2014, Craig Shirley, Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America, unnumbered page: […] most of the Ford vote from 1976, which Bush had hoped to claim, went heavily for the Gipper. Derived terms Gipperism Gipperite Gippermania See also Ronald Reagan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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