workaholic
pronunciation
How to pronounce workaholic in British English:
UK [ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk]
How to pronounce workaholic in American English:
US [ˌwɜːrkəˈhɑːlɪk]
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- Noun:
- person with a compulsive need to work
Word Origin
- workaholic (n.)
- 1968, coined from work (n.) with second element abstracted absurdly from alcoholic. This sets up the old Rodney Dangerfield joke: "My old man was a workaholic: every time he thought about work, he got drunk."
Example
- 1. I 'm married to a workaholic just like you .
- 2. Being a workaholic can actually hurt your business .
- 3. The question was how to persuade my workaholic husband to join me .
- 4. The first is that it may be weaning us off our workaholic ways .
- 5. He is an impetuous , headstrong workaholic , who is reluctant to delegate .