"balloonacy" meaning in All languages combined

See balloonacy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: Blend of balloon + lunacy. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|balloon|lunacy}} Blend of balloon + lunacy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} balloonacy (uncountable)
  1. (nonce word) An excessive mania for hot-air balloons. Tags: nonce-word, uncountable
    Sense id: en-balloonacy-en-noun-2bisZrfc Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "We live in an age of balloonacy. Only a few weeks ago I sent you the account of M. Nadar and his 'Géant,” “the greatest balloon in the world;” now M. Eugène Godard has built an 'Aigle,' by the side of which the 'Giant' is a mere dwarf.",
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          "text": "In the milder case of \"balloonacy\" the enthusiast proposes essentially a modernized Hindenburg (8 million cu ft). In the most virulent form of the disease, however, the victim calls for fleets of 100 million cu ft helium whales.",
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