Twelve Step
adjective
of or based on a program for recovery from addiction originating with Alcoholics Anonymous and providing 12 progressive levels toward attainment.
12-stepper
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a word derived from
Twelve Step.
Example Sentences
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Original writer and performer on “Saturday Night Live,” famously as angora-clad 12-stepper Stuart Smalley.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
Asked whether Josie is “pulling a geographic” — 12-stepper jargon for attempting to escape one’s private demons by changing locales — Eggers launches a spirited, if conditional, defense of the practice.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2016
