Antedating of "Workaholic"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Feb 1 18:58:01 UTC 2014


Synonymous?  I guess that must be a pun, but I don't get it.  Or just a typo?

LH

On Feb 1, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

> workaholic (OED 1968)
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> 1947 _Toronto Daily Star_ 5 Apr. 6 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  If you are cursed with an unconquerable craving for work, call Workaholics Synonymous, and a reformed worker will aid you back to happy idleness.
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> Fred Shapiro
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