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TingTong Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
How to use holic
Dear all
Can you tell me how to use '~holic' ?
Is it only noun that can add holic?
Thank you for your help in advance.
Can you tell me how to use '~holic' ?
Is it only noun that can add holic?
Thank you for your help in advance.
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There's only two common uses of -holic and that's alcoholic - someone addicted to alcohol workaholic - someone who spends so much time at their work that they neglect other important areas of their life like their health or family The only other one I can even think of is the slang 'chocoholic' which just means someone who really, really likes chocolate.
- There's only two common uses of -holic and that's alcoholic - someone addicted to alcohol workaholic - someone who spends so much time at their work that they neglect other important areas of their life like their health or family The only other one I can even think of is the slang 'chocoholic' which just means someone who really, really likes chocolate.
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There's only two common uses of -holic and that's
alcoholic - someone addicted to alcohol
workaholic - someone who spends so much time at their work that they neglect other important areas of their life like their health or family
The only other one I can even think of is the slang 'chocoholic' which just means someone who really, really likes chocolate.
alcoholic - someone addicted to alcohol
workaholic - someone who spends so much time at their work that they neglect other important areas of their life like their health or family
The only other one I can even think of is the slang 'chocoholic' which just means someone who really, really likes chocolate.
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Thank you very much for your replies.
It seem only nouns can add 'holic' but not all noun can add it. Am I right? Are
Which one has more extremely meaning between '~holic' and '~ addictive'?
How do I know when I must use noun+holic or noun+aholic?
For the above examples;
1.work+aholic
2.shop+aholic
3.chocolate can use both choc+aholi
It seem only nouns can add 'holic' but not all noun can add it. Am I right? Are
Which one has more extremely meaning between '~holic' and '~ addictive'?
How do I know when I must use noun+holic or noun+aholic?
For the above examples;
1.work+aholic
2.shop+aholic
3.chocolate can use both choc+aholi
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Others have listed the most common words used with this suffix. But in theory, you could add '-aholic' or '-oholic' (take your pick on the spelling) to just about any verb and create your own word to say someone 'does (verb) a lot.' Note that some of these words might make a native speaker laugh, and probably most, if not all, have at least a slightly negative connotation. Here are some I've ju
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Can we use the word 'Strive with the word 'Aholic to make the meeting of someone who can't stop trying to achieve the Goal
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