capaholic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cap (“to lie”) + -aholic (“addicted to”).
Noun
[edit]capaholic (plural capaholics)
- (derogatory, African-American Vernacular, slang) A person who lies a lot; a serial liar.
- Brian's been a capaholic since he started his illegal business.
- 2024 September 11, “Senator labels the government "capaholics": Fatima Payman's Gen Alpha speech decoded”, in SBS News[1]:
- Only months after leaving the Labor Party, Payman called the federal government "capaholics", a term loosely translated as liars, adding they talk a lot more than they act. She delivered the scathing assessment in language commonly used on TikTok, rather than on the parliamentary floor.