Tag Archives: interest-suffixes
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What Is The Medical Term For People Who Shop Too Much?
It’s likely that you know someone who might be a shopaholic. Perhaps you think that she has a superhuman stamina for long lines, crowded malls, and late-night purchasing. Or perhaps you think he just doesn’t know when to quit, spending way past his budget. What is a shopaholic? Shopaholic is an informal term usually applied with humor. It dates back to the 1940s, when it emerged …
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The Growing Popularity Of The Suffix ‘-Splain’
The term mansplaining received the high honor of being nominated as one of the “most creative” new words at the American Dialect Society 2012 Word of the Year vote. In addition to being creative, this term, particularly the -splaining part, has proven to be incredibly robust and useful as a combining form. What does -splain mean? In 2013, the lexicography team at Dictionary.com added definitions …