Nancy Reagan gaze
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Etymology
[edit]From the attentive look Nancy Reagan was noted for fixing on her husband, Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981 to 1989, when he made public appearances.[1]
Noun
[edit]Nancy Reagan gaze (plural Nancy Reagan gazes)
- A transfixed look upon a person taken as showing absolute devotion or affection.
- 1989, Margaret Carlson, "I'M Nobody, Who Are You?", Time, May 8, 1989, ISSN 0040-781X:
- Pat Nixon held the title for most stoic [Washington] wife until Maureen Dean gave an Oscar-winning performance during her husband's Watergate testimony, sitting primly behind him, blond hair pulled back, holding the Nancy Reagan gaze before there was a Nancy Reagan gaze.
- 1992, Laureen Hobbs, "The Industry & The Webs", Spy, December 1992/January 1993 p. 18 ISSN 0890-1759:
- Peter Chernin, the head Fox TV programmer, [...] will titularly replace Roth and serve as Murdoch's malleable functionary. He looks at his boss with a sort of adoring Nancy Reagan gaze.
- 2011 February 12, Miriam Lord, “Hard to keep up the Nancy Reagan gaze when a rugby hero undresses”, in The Irish Times:
- Joan’s attention appeared to be wandering from her leader. Instead of fixing him with the requisite Nancy Reagan gaze, she kept sneaking glances out the window.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nancy Reagan gaze.
- 1989, Margaret Carlson, "I'M Nobody, Who Are You?", Time, May 8, 1989, ISSN 0040-781X:
References
[edit]- ^ "Up next for Nancy Reagan: tending her Ronnie's flame", St. Petersburg Times, 13 June 2004