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caraholic en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Anglo-Norman carrebor. Middle English carre English car Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English -aholic English caraholic From car + -aholic.

Meanings

1. (informal) A person who is addicted to driving or collecting cars.
   • 'I live about two minutes away from here. I could actually walk here faster than I can drive – if I wasn't such a lazy caraholic. […] 2005, Mandasue Heller, The Charmer, Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
   • "I am a caraholic, so I have several models at my disposal. I like variety in my vehicles." 2008, Gloria Morgan, Love's Best Gift, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 47:
   • FWIW, we drove a Renault Megane when we were in France a couple of years ago. I'm not a caraholic, all I usually care about is that it get me from point A to point B, which the Megane did very nicely. Of course, it was almost brand new... 2001 June 12, Alden Hackmann, “Re: What were they thinking?”, in rec.crafts.metalworking (Usenet):

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