The Rice University Neologisms Database

Extremely enthusiastic follower of H. Ross Perot. [Blending and clipping of PEROT and PERONISTA. Also eponymy by H. Ross PEROT.] Presumed reason for coinage The most likely intention here was to draw a line of similarity between Mr. Perot and Mr. Peron, calling attention to the fact that both had followers who were almost blind to their leaders’ faults. The reader was likely then expected to associate Mr. Perot’s presidential aspirations with Mr. Peron’s dictatorship