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stressaholic en · NOUN

Etymology

From stress + -aholic.

Meanings

1. (informal) One who lives a very stressful life and has trouble relaxing.
   • Invented in Australia, the Vibrosaun — a sauna/vibrator/sound system —can relax even the hardcore stressaholic. 1989, Malcolm Abrams, Harriet Bernstein, Future Stuff, page 107:
   • The stressaholic [is a workaholic] in that they possess all of the same compulsive behaviors with the exception being they have unwittingly set into motion the release of dangerously high levels of hormones associated with the "fight or flight" response". 2015, Stacey Blake, Stress is a Predator: Are You a Stressaholic:
   • We must fight the stressaholic burnout syndrome together. 1989, Mary Ann Froehlich, What's a Smart Woman Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, page 127:
   • I am a recovered stressaholic and can testify to the addictive nature of stress. 1992, Teenage Stress, page 3:

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