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holic

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If you are like me and tend towards being a work-a-holic, working from home can mean turning your normal 8-10 hour workday into a 24-hour workday.

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Quick take

If you are like me and tend towards being a work-a-holic, working from home can mean turning your normal 8-10 hour workday into a 24-hour workday.

Example sentences

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If you are like me and tend towards being a work-a-holic, working from home can mean turning your normal 8-10 hour workday into a 24-hour workday.

2

That plus you need to be a bit of a work-a-holic to start with anyway.

3

She’s a shop-a-holic and my sister and I are wrestling power of attorney to make the bleeding stop.

4

I think you think there's this axis of Rage-a-holic <--------> Door-Mat, but the problem is both ends of those axes have people that aren't in control of their feelings.

5

Being a work-a-holic by definition is an unhealthy behavior and there could be a whole bunch of reasons why people slip into that.

6

Serious question for everyone who prefers web-based players: The main reason that doens't work for me is b/c I'm a browser tab-a-holic.

7

Conversely, I'm a novely-a-holic and love trying out new, different, and obscure things.

8

The simple fact is I don't want to be an alcoholic, or any kind of -holic, so I was suddenly highly motivated to stop.

9

I think this topic applies to any work-a-holic, startup or not.

10

My Dad is straight up the biggest work-a-holic I've ever met.

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- Flextime: I'm a bit of a work-a-holic so I'm kinda used to working 6 days a week.

12

I don't know the author, but my initial take is: loner, work-a-holic, egotist.

Quote examples

1

A fair point, but in my book the "holic" in "workaholic" implies the inability to do just what you describe.

2

Tim Cook was literally picked due to his contract "skills" and that he was an obvious work-a-holic.

3

This subject line reminds me of the Onion article from a few years back: "I'm like a choco-holic...

4

Just say "No" to these work-a-holic junkies.

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How do you use holic in a sentence?

If you are like me and tend towards being a work-a-holic, working from home can mean turning your normal 8-10 hour workday into a 24-hour workday.