workaholic-zilla
- noun
- Slang
- Everyone knows Sam is a total workaholic-zilla who never leaves the office before midnight.
Examples
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Don't be a workaholic-zilla! You need to relax sometimes.
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He is such a workaholic-zilla that he rarely takes vacations.
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Being a workaholic-zilla might impress your boss, but it can ruin your social life.
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Jenna's friends worry that her workaholic-zilla tendencies are making her miss out on important events.
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Everyone knows Sam is a total workaholic-zilla who never leaves the office before midnight.
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Being a workaholic-zilla might impress your boss, but it can ruin your social life.
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Jenna's friends worry that her workaholic-zilla tendencies are making her miss out on important events.
Synonyms
41
7.5
A person who loves something and spends a lot of time on it
33
4.7
A person who likes an activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it
30
5.4
A person who spends too much time at their job and cannot stop
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7.9
A person who is very interested in one thing, like games or news
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6.5
A person who thinks about one thing too much in a way that harms them
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7.7
A person who does something more than is needed
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8.1
A person who thinks about one thing too much
A person who works too much and does not rest or enjoy life
How Work-Obsessed
Surface Forms
Morphology
workaholic-zilla = workaholic (semi-transparent) = workaholic + zilla
Formed by adding the slang augmentative '-zilla' to 'workaholic' to indicate a monstrous/extreme version; the slang suffix is informal and may not be obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Workaholic-zilla mixes two ideas: work plus -aholic, which comes from alcoholic and means 'addicted', and the ending -zilla from Godzilla meaning 'monster' or 'huge'. So a workaholic-zilla is someone who is 'addicted to work' in an extreme, monster-like way.