Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
workaholic-zilla

workaholic-zilla

9.9
A person who works too much and misses family and friends
  • noun
  • Slang
translation icon : workaholic-zilla
  • Everyone knows Sam is a total workaholic-zilla who never leaves the office before midnight.

Examples

  • Don't be a workaholic-zilla! You need to relax sometimes.

  • He is such a workaholic-zilla that he rarely takes vacations.

  • Being a workaholic-zilla might impress your boss, but it can ruin your social life.

  • Jenna's friends worry that her workaholic-zilla tendencies are making her miss out on important events.

  • Everyone knows Sam is a total workaholic-zilla who never leaves the office before midnight.

  • Being a workaholic-zilla might impress your boss, but it can ruin your social life.

  • Jenna's friends worry that her workaholic-zilla tendencies are making her miss out on important events.

Synonyms

addict
vsworkaholic-zilla
  • Informal
37 4.7

A person who likes an activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it

indicates a more compulsive and dominating commitment to work tasks
fiend
vsworkaholic-zilla
  • Informal
35 7.5

A person who loves something and spends a lot of time on it

is more narrowly about an overpowering, work-focused intensity of behaviour
workaholic
vsworkaholic-zilla
  • Informal
18 5.4

A person who spends too much time at their job and cannot stop

shows a higher, overwhelming dedication to work than that behavior
obsessive
vsworkaholic-zilla
1 6.5

A person who thinks about one thing too much in a way that harms them

displays a stronger, more overwhelming focus specifically on work tasks
slave of the lamp
vsworkaholic-zilla
  • Informal
9.9

A person who works too much and does not rest or enjoy life

expresses a more overbearing and excessive devotion to work activity
obsessor
vsworkaholic-zilla
8.1

A person who thinks about one thing too much

is used for a more extreme, work-centred level of preoccupation
junky
vsworkaholic-zilla
  • Slang
7.9

A person who is very interested in one thing, like games or news

is more specifically an overwhelming, controlling focus on work activity
overdoer
vsworkaholic-zilla
7.7

A person who does something more than is needed

implies an uncontrolled, extreme focus on work rather than general excess

How Work-Obsessed

workaholic-zilla
  • Slang
9.9
workaholic
  • Informal
18 5.4
hard worker
33 1.3

Surface Forms

workaholic-zilla singular
workaholic-zillas plural

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.