- workaholic
- work·a·hol·ic
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workaholic — work‧a‧hol‧ic [ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk ǁ ˌwɜːrkəˈhɒː ] noun [countable] informal someone who cannot seem to stop working, and does not have time for anything else * * * workaholic UK US /ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk/ noun [C] ► someone who works very long hours and finds… … Financial and business terms
workaholic — 1968, coined from WORK (Cf. work) (n.) with second element abstracted absurdly from ALCOHOLIC (Cf. alcoholic), setting up the Rodney Dangerfield joke, My old man was a workaholic: every time he thought about work, he got drunk … Etymology dictionary
Workaholic — Workaholic,das:⇨Arbeitspferd(1) … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
workaholic — |uorcaólique| adj. 2 g. s. 2 g. Que ou quem é viciado no trabalho ou trabalha compulsivamente. • Plural: workaholics. ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
workaholic — ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who compulsively works excessively hard. DERIVATIVES workaholism noun … English terms dictionary
workaholic — ☆ workaholic [wʉr΄kə hôl′ik, wʉr΄kəhäl′ik ] n. [ WORK + AHOLIC] a person having a compulsive need to work workaholism n … English World dictionary
Workaholic — For the song by 2 Unlimited, see Workaholic (song). For the comedy TV Series, see Workaholics. A workaholic is a person who is addicted to work. The term generally implies that the person enjoys their work; it can also imply that they simply feel … Wikipedia
Workaholic — Bourreau de travail Un bourreau de travail (workaholic en anglais) est une personne ayant développé une addiction reliée au travail. Dans sa forme extrême, cette dépendance peut mener à la mort suite au syndrome d épuisement professionnel :… … Wikipédia en Français
Workaholic — Der Begriff Arbeitssucht bzw. Workaholism (englisch work = Arbeit, alcoholic = Alkoholiker) bezeichnet das Krankheitsbild eines arbeitssüchtigen Menschen, bzw. eine arbeitssüchtige Person selbst. Er zeichnet sich in erster Linie durch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Workaholic — Arbeitstier; Arbeitssüchtiger; Arbeitswütiger * * * Work|aho|lic 〈[ wœ:kəhɔ̣lık] m. 6〉 1. jmd., der unter Arbeitszwang steht 2. 〈a. scherzh. für〉 jmd., der gern u. viel arbeitet [verkürzt <engl. work „Arbeit“ + alcoholic „Alkoholiker“] * * *… … Universal-Lexikon
workaholic — UK [ˌwɜː(r)kəˈhɒlɪk] / US [ˌwɜrkəˈhɔlɪk] noun [countable] Word forms workaholic : singular workaholic plural workaholics someone who spends most of their time working and has little interest in other things … English dictionary
