petroholic
petroholic noun: one who uses more petrol than necessary.
Noun
petroholic (plural petroholics)
- One who uses more petrol than necessary.
- We're a nation of petroholics, lurching around the globe like a drunk with a hand grenade staggering through a nursery, yet the cure the President offers is more smart bombs and an energy program that's nothing more than drill, burn...1991, David Ross Brower, Work in progress
- “We’re a nice little selfish country of petroholics, and that has made us lazy,” said Frederic Hauge, president of Bellona, Norway’s largest nongovernmental environmental organization.2008 March 22, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Lofty Pledge to Cut Emissions Comes With Caveat in Norway”, in New York Times
Forms of petroholic
| plural | petroholics |
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Origin of petroholic
From petro- + -holic.
Questions about petroholic
- What does petroholic mean?
- Petroholic means one who uses more petrol than necessary.
- What part of speech is petroholic?
- Petroholic is a noun.
- What is the plural of petroholic?
- The plural of petroholic is petroholics.
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