Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

newsaholic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: newsa-holic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is obsessed with news; a person who likes to stay up-to-date with news.

Example Sentences

"A third-grader in Bristol, Maine, recalled the shock of seeing his “hard-boiled” teacher weeping as she delivered the bad news to her class, and he attributed his later fascination with politics and history to that single weekend in November 1963. “I've been a newsaholic ever since,” said Norm Chase thirty-five years later."

Etymology

From news + -aholic.

Inflected Forms

newsaholics (plural)

Questions

What does newsaholic mean?: One who is obsessed with news; a person who likes to stay up-to-date with news.
Where does newsaholic come from?: From news + -aholic.

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