red light fever
n.— «And he will be back for another season of Enough Rope next year. “When I finish with television, I’m not going to be one of those people who’s hankering…for what’s called “red light fever’—I’m always puzzled by those people that want to go to the opening of a wound, and want to be seen everywhere and in the social pages.”» —“Paul Capsis and Andrew Denton” 612 ABC (Brisbane, Australia) Oct. 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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