Antedating of "Workaholic"

[Shapiro, Fred]

"Workaholic" has a first use of 1968 in OED.  I contributed that citation to OED, and also wrote a note in American Speech about this 1968 usage by Wayne Oates, which has generally been regarded as the coinage.  But now I find an earlier example by searching Newspaperarchive:

1962 _News Tribune_ (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 23 Sept. 4  But how should a young man starting out in life guard against becoming a workaholic?

Fred Shapiro


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