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if it's a portmanteau of work and alcoholic, shouldn't it be "workoholic"?
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More to the point if "addicted to alcohol" is alcoholic, why isn't "addicted to work" workic?
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yes but then it's not really a portmanteau anymore
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Because language isn't completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
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Language can be weird sometimes, but... it's not exactly brain surgery, is it?
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Brain surgery...?
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19 comments