The craziness basketball star Jeremy Lin has brought to the table. One of few Asian players on the NBA that has made basketball exciting to watch, attracting viewers and media attention from all over the world. Other words brought upon from "Linsanity" include but are not limited to: Linning, Linstoppable, Lincredible, and Super Lintendo.
by linforthewin February 25, 2012
The extreme amount of hype that surrounded New York Knicks Point guard Jeremy Lin after he was given a starting position where he carried his team for about a month and consumed sports tabloids. Linsanity had died down following the knicks loss to Miami heat, but still exists and will return with another winstreak.
by dimsum7777 March 04, 2012
by zero.z3r0 September 11, 2022
The meteoric rise of New York Knicks Point guard, Jeremy Lin, an improbable Harvard graduate Chinese-American NBA basketball star who became an improbable media darling despite a Time Warner Cable contract dispute with the MSG Network, prompting New Yorkers to illegally stream games in the winter of 2012. Not to be confused with Lindsanity - a reference to Lindsay Lohan coined by Perez Hilton - the term Linsanity was coined by mid-2010 when Lin's acquaintance Andrew Slayton registered the domain name linsanity.com.
Linsanity is the ultimate Cinderella story!
by KeyLimePie February 16, 2012
Linsanity is the insanity that Jeremy Lin offers to basketball! He puts the l on linspiring, the l in lintendo, and the l in linning. This guy became an overnight sensation!
Guy 1: You seen Jeremy Lin last night?
Guy 2: Fuckin' LINSANITY!
Guy 3: Yeah, he drives better than most Asians!
Guy 2: Fuckin' LINSANITY!
Guy 3: Yeah, he drives better than most Asians!
by BrandonUD February 20, 2012
The concept of cheering for Asian American NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin because he keeps on winning with his team and everybody goes crazy for him.
by me123456 February 19, 2012
"The Craze over Knicks Star Jeremy Lin", who went undrafted in 2010 and was cut by a couple teams, but helped the Knicks go on a winning streak in 2012.
by etheric83 February 23, 2012