shopaholic
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- shopaholism noun
Etymology
Origin of shopaholic
Example Sentences
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Lucy Britnell, a self-confessed "shopaholic" from Teesside, has paid for a premier Asos account since 2018, which gives customers free delivery - but has now been banned.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025
“We joke that we’re like ‘Legally Blonde,’” she says of the Reese Witherspoon comedy about a shopaholic turned underestimated law school student.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2021
They were from a woman, an heiress, who had died and been a complete shopaholic and hoarder.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2020
A full 25 years after she starred in the era-defining "Clueless," Alicia Silverstone is still inexorably associated with the sweet shopaholic Cher Horowitz.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2020
No, this is a different kind of frenzied state than you’d find during a genuine catastrophe—less frightened than nervously excited, not so much survivalist as shopaholic.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2015
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