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-aholic colloq. (orig. U.S.).|əˈhɒlɪk|
Also -(o)holic.
The final element of workaholic (after alcoholic n. 2) used as a suffix forming ns., as computerholic, newsaholic, spendaholic, etc., (chiefly humorous nonce-words) denoting one who appears to be addicted to the object, activity, etc., specified; a person subject to an inordinate craving for or obsession with (something).
1965P. Wyden Overweight Society vi. 106, I was a sugarholic{ddd}Mom kept saying, ‘You eat your spinach and I'll give you a piece of candy.’ 1971Southern Living May 29/1 Donald Goldstein..probably knows more manufacturers personally than Porter and other club manufacturers. Goldstein, you see, is a ‘golfaholic’. 1972Time 24 July 53/1 Thousands of men were on it consistently enough to be dubbed ‘hashaholics’ by their buddies. 1973Times 19 Mar. 7/1 The organization called Weightwatchers describes..its members as carboholics. 1974Washington Post 2 Dec. a25/1 Until Thanksgiving Day, I had considered myself just another enthusiastic fan of pro football, not an abuser, a footballaholic. 1977New Scientist 19 May 405 There are clearly more ‘computerholics’ in Britain than many in the business ever imagined. 1979Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 15/8 All journalists, in some degree, are newsaholics. 1982Chicago Sun-Times 31 Aug. 37 The guy is a womanizer, a spend-a-holic, uses dope and is strictly no good. 1985N.Y. Times 13 Jan. 14/5 Barbara Shepherd, owner and manager of Book Tree,..said she was a ‘bookaholic’. |