Citations:moneyholic

English citations of moneyholic

Noun: "(informal) a person obsessed with making and/or spending money"

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• 1976, Dick Francis, In the Frame, Michael Joseph Ltd (2001), →ISBN, page 176:

  'Probably a moneyholic,' I said, pulling open the bed and looking longingly at the cool white sheets.

  'A what?'

  'Moneyholic. A word I've just made up to describe someone with an uncontrollable addiction to money.'

• 1982, James E. Kilgore, Dollars & Sense: Family Strength Through Financial Education, Abingdon (1982), →ISBN, page 74:

  Bullish Ben was as close to being a "moneyholic" as I have ever known. His only goal in life seemed to be making money.

• 1983, Henry E. White, Making Marriage Successful, Irvington Publishers (1983), →ISBN, page 322:

  There are two valid exceptions to this rule—separate accounts are desirable and even imperative if one spouse is incapable of rationally managing money (a "moneyholic"), […]

• 1996, Judith Reitman, Blood Legacy: A True Story of Family Betrayal and Murder, Penguin (1996), →ISBN, page 239:

  You got your drug addicts and your alcoholics — well, she was a moneyholic. Enough was never enough.

• 2001 July 15, Diatom6 [username], “Re: National Mood”, in mensa.talk.misc‎^[1] (Usenet):

  I'm a moneyholic. I can't wait to get my hands on money. I've seen several doctors about it, but I found they were moneyholics too. They couldn't even cure themselves.

• 2002, Ron Gallen, The Money Trap: A Practical Program to Stop Self-defeating Financial Habits So You Can Reclaim Your Grip on Life, HarperCollins (2002), →ISBN, page 57:

  The long bull market of the nineties gave rise to an enormous increase in individuals owning stock and making their own investment decisions and has bred a whole new generation of moneyholics.

• 2010, Nikki Atkinson, The Shrewd Christian: You Can't Have It All, But You Can Have More Than Enough, Crown Publishing Group (2010), →ISBN, page 35:

  Okay, time for the financial confessions of a repentant financial sinner: I am a recovering moneyholic.

• 2014, J. Theo Olonia, Now Is the Time for All Good Men to Come to the Aid of Their Planet: A Shaman Warrior's Perspective, iUniverse (2014), →ISBN, page 69:

  Some of us have become drunk with power, and like alcoholics, moneyholics are unable to think about anything but their addiction, and like most addictions, they very seldom lead up, they always lead down the path of self destruction.