Antedating of "Workaholic"

[Mark Mandel]

Or a mistake by someone who didn't know.

Mark


On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

> Synonymous?  I guess that must be a pun, but I don't get it.  Or just a
> typo?
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> LH
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> On Feb 1, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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> > workaholic (OED 1968)
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
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