Potterholic

English

Etymology

From Potter +‎ -holic.

Noun

Potterholic (plural Potterholics)

1. (informal) One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
   • 2001 November 25, Charlie Fletcher, “Has Potter movie magic lost its spell?”, in Scotland on Sunday:

     My eight-year-old, as die-hard a Potterholic as they come, a kid who can probably remember Hogwarts minutiae that even JK has forgotten, walked out of the multiplex and gave it a five out of 10.

   • 2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 103:

     By the time the doors were ready to open, the Potterholics had managed to transform the bland room, with its gray-knotted carpet and vaulted ceiling, into a dark and chapelesque space, hung with streamers and Hogwarts house banners, and a looped clip of floating candles from the Harry Potter movies playing on the wall.

   • 2010, Sangeetha Alagappan, “Casting a spell over Bahrain”, in Gulf Weekly, Volume 9, Issue 47, 24 November - 30 November 2010:

     As a 'Potterholic' myself, clad in a Gryffindor scarf, wand tucked into my front pocket, armed with the first and best tickets for the first showing, I waited impatiently for the movie to begin.

Synonyms

• Potterhead, Potterite, Pottermaniac, Potterphile

Anagrams

• telotrophic