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work⋅a⋅hol⋅ic

  [wurk-uh-haw-lik, -hol-ik]
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–noun
a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
Origin:
1965–70; work + -aholic

Related forms:
work⋅a⋅hol⋅ism, noun
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work·a·hol·ic   (wûr'kə-hô'lĭk, -hŏl'ĭk)   
n.  One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work.
work'a·hol'ism n.
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workaholic 
1968, coined from work (n.) with second element abstracted absurdly from alcoholic, setting up the Rodney Dangerfield joke, "My old man was a workaholic: every time he thought about work, he got drunk."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: work·a·hol·ic
Pronunciation: "w&r-k&-'hol-ik, -'häl-
Function: noun
: a compulsive worker
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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workaholic work·a·hol·ic (wûr'kə-hô'lĭk)
n.
One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work.

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