foodaholic

foodaholic

Someone who frequently consumes food in excess. Modeled on "alcoholic." I used to be a real foodaholic, but now I'm able to control my portions much more easily.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

foodaholic

n. a glutton. Kelly is a foodaholic and has a real eating problem.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • aholic
  • aholics
  • buy you a drink?
  • (Can I) buy you a drink?
  • bottle
  • the bottle
  • well played
  • on the sauce
  • first rule of (something): do not talk about (something)
  • breakfast of champions
References in periodicals archive
- workaholic [1947] 'a person addicted to working', tobaccoholic [1954], milka-holic [1955], sugarholic [1955], cake-aholic [1957], chocoholic [1961] 'a person who is addicted to or very fond of chocolate', foodaholic [1965] 'a compulsive eater', golfaholic [1971], carboholic [1973], computerholic [1977], shopaholic [1977] 'a compulsive shopper', newsaholic [1979], spendaholic [1982], cruise-oholic [1989], sexaholic [1994], and rage-aholic [2008] (OED).
workaholic, cake-aholic, chocoholic, foodaholic, etc.
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"I was a foodaholic. I ate anything I could lay my hands on.
"We were foodaholics. We don't drink, we don't smoke, we don't do drugs but we love food," says Mary, who runs a social club with Mark.
Food entrepreneur and founder of Foodaholics, Kishi Arora, who has spent sleepless nights baking pink and majenta cakes on demand for women either by them or their boyfriends, says, " Yes, pink is feminine.
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Lately we've been hearing about sexaholics, or sex addicts; and foodaholics. I don't know if talkaholic will catch on or not, but it fits into the genre.