Talk:-holism

Portmanteau

Perhaps this page should be moved to the portmanteau page. I'm not familiar with the rules about this kind of article, but it seems odd to have a whole page about a suffix. Scobiedont (talk) 23:45, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's really not a suffix such as it is a morpheme. And, quite significantly, a neologism. In standard English, adding "holic" to the end of a word is not a gramatically accepted practice. Still, while WP:NEO discourages articles about neologisms, one of the notable points about this neologism is its evolution and its introduction into popular speech. So it's not really a suffix, it's more of a...neologistic morpheme. But yes, as long as there is notability (see here) and verifibility, it's acceptable to have an article. Calgary (talk) 05:02, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sexaholism?

really? wouldn't it just be nymphomania? what's the word for being like a chocoholic, but for booze?

You're thinking of booze-a-holic. Calgary (talk) 05:03, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't that be alcoholic? --65.87.242.28 (talk) 17:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Calgary (talk) 16:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Junkie"

Is this really suitable? I'm assuming that there was a technical term here before (ending in -holism) that someone replaced. Greg ^{(t • c)} 17:00, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]