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tanaholic en · NOUN

Etymology

From tan + -aholic.

Meanings

1. (informal) A person who is addicted to tanning.
   • No lie, it became like an addiction, and when I moved on from sun beds, I started to apply fake tan every single day. Seriously, I was a tanaholic! 2013, Lauren Goodger, Secrets of an Essex Girl, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
   • For the "tanaholic," then, the psychological appeal of lying in the sun has an almost primordial component, bringing him or her back to a timeless, preverbal sense of unencumbered self. 1997, Daphne Merkin, Dreaming of Hitler: Passions & Provocations, Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 223:
   • What if, like so many of us, you are a recovering tanaholic? There are some effective, but expensive, treatments to help your skin look better. 2007, Kate Klimo, Buffy Shutt, Coming of Age...All Over Again: The Ultimate Midlife Handbook, Springboard Press, →ISBN:

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