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chocoholic, n. and a.
Brit. |ˌtʃɒkəˈhɒlɪk|, U.S. |ˌtʃɔkəˈhɔlɪk|, |ˌtʃɑkəˈhɑlɪk|
Forms: 19– choc-a-holic, 19– choc-aholic, 19– chocaholic, 19– chocoholic
[‹ choc- (in chocolate n. and adj.) + -aholic suffix (compare variants s.v.).]
A. n. A habitual and prolific eater of chocolate; esp. a person who is very fond of chocolate.
1972Washington Post 25 May k8 My dog is a chocoholic. He loves chocolate in any form. 1976Business Week 29 Mar. 94 Sheron says he used to be a ‘chocoholic’, but lost 50lb in nine months last year. 1992S. Hafner Nice Girls don't Drink iv. 143, I used to be a chocoholic first class... The last time I made fudge.., I ended up eating the whole plate. 2001Taunton Times (Electronic ed.) 17 May The dessert on its own is enough to satisfy anyone, even the most discerning chocoholic such as myself.
B. adj. (attrib.). Of or designating a chocoholic; designed for chocoholics.
1983Fortune 7 Feb. 9/2 Encouraged by her chocoholic husband..Fields opened her first cookie shop five years ago. 1990High Life (Brit. Airways) Sept. 51/4 Imagining a world without chocolate is the sort of terrible nightmare that has this intrepid investigative journalist..rushing off to chocaholic weekends at gourmet hotels. 2001Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. There's nothing better to warm the cockles than a really good soup, a spicy curry and—for sheer chocoholic indulgence—a smooth dark chocolate tart. |