shopoholic

English

Etymology

shop +‎ -oholic

Noun

shopoholic (plural shopoholics)

  1. Alternative form of shopaholic
    • 2008, Lisi Harrison, The Clique‎, Hachette UK, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      “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.”
    • 2013 August 7, Derek Thompson, “The Loneliness Loop: Why Feeling Sad Makes Us Shop and Shopping Makes Us Sad”, in The Atlantic‎:
      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.
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