shopoholic

English

Etymology

From shop +‎ -oholic.

Noun

shopoholic (plural shopoholics)

1. Alternative form of shopaholic
   • 2008, Lisi Harrison, The Clique‎^[1], Hachette UK, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     “You're a shopoholic,” Claire said. “I bet you can't go an entire month without buying new clothes.”
     “Oh yeah? Well, you're a repeat offender. I bet you couldn't go an entire month without wearing the same outfit twice,” Massie said. “Keds included.”

   • 2013 August 7, Derek Thompson, “The Loneliness Loop: Why Feeling Sad Makes Us Shop and Shopping Makes Us Sad”, in The Atlantic‎^[2]:

     Ironically, it's the maligned shopoholics who seem to have it right, and they might hold the key to breaking the vicious cycle of loneliness and consumption.