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shopoholic en · NOUN

Etymology

From shop + -oholic.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of shopaholic.
   alt of shopaholic
   • “You're a shopoholic,” Claire said. “I bet you can't go an entire month without buying new clothes.” “Oh yeah? Well, you're a repeat offender. I bet you couldn't go an entire month without wearing the same outfit twice,” Massie said. “Keds included.” 2008, Lisi Harrison, The Clique, Hachette UK, →ISBN, →OCLC:
   • Ironically, it's the maligned shopoholics who seem to have it right, and they might hold the key to breaking the vicious cycle of loneliness and consumption. 2013 August 7, Derek Thompson, “The Loneliness Loop: Why Feeling Sad Makes Us Shop and Shopping Makes Us Sad”, in The Atlantic:

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