food|a|hol|ic

food|a|hol|ic
food|a|hol|ic «FOOD uh HL ihk, -HOL-», noun.
a person having an obsessive need to eat; compulsive eater: »

Lynn admits that she once had a weight problem. “At 23…I was a foodaholic,” she said (New York Sunday News).

[< food + a(lco)holic]

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