shagaholic

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English

Etymology

From shag (to have sexual intercourse with) +‎ -aholic.

Pronunciation

Noun

shagaholic (plural shagaholics)

  1. (UK, slang) A person who is addicted to sex.
    • 1999 June 29, “Pianist Steve Koven and the Steve Koven Trio perform at the Downtown Jazz Festival”, in Toronto Star:
      You young 'uns might not believe this, but Michael Caine burst on to the screen as a bona fide sex symbol thanks to Alfie, about a Cockney shagaholic who made the most of the Swinging '60s.
    • 2002 December 12, Alison Kerr, “Videos”, in The Herald, Glasgow:
      Myers may still be having fun with his shagaholic spy, as well as the rest of the characters he plays, but he's the only one still laughing.
    • 2008 December 7, David Segal, “The Kennedy Center Honors: Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend”, in The Washington Post:
      "I suppose in some ways I was a shagaholic," [Roger Daltrey] says, chewing on a fig from a fruit platter. "I just liked female company on the road."
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shagaholic.

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