(UK, informal) Enthusiasm for Eric Monkman as a contestant on University Challenge 2016–17.
(UK, informal) Enthusiasm for Eric Monkman as a contestant on University Challenge 2016–17.
The University Challenge rivals who became a television cult are bringing “Monkmania” back with their own BBC show.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(slang) Enthusiasm for the Canadian singer Justin Bieber.
(UK, slang) To be sullen or bad-tempered.
Twitch chat root of monkaS and monkaW, signalling anxious or tense sweating during a clutch moment.
The ultimate expression of Anglophile obsession — the moment when someone's British love affair hits its highest, most undeniable point. Peak anglimaniac is when someone corrects a BBC presenter's pronunciation, has strong takes on council housing design, feels personally betrayed by Brexit, and cries at the Last Night of the Proms. It's not just fandom; it's the full integration of British culture into identity. The peak isn't necessarily permanent — some people stay up here forever, some drift back — but when you're watching it happen, it's an event.