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Spendaholic
September 1, 2003
 

Are You a Spendaholic?

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shopaholic (shopper2.gif--374x388)

Have you ever heard of “spendaholic”?
I haven’t.
But I know, there are alcoholic, workaholic, shopaholic, chocoholic, foodaholic, walkaholic, joggerholic, e-mailaholic, . . .

These popular psychobubbles seem to bubble up like unwanted junk e-mail. And some say these words should be buried alongside the arrogant intellectuals who revel in jotting them down and spreading them out.

Anyway, I wonder how many those words are floating on the Net. So, I’ve entered “aholic” in the google.com search box, and got the endless list as shown below:

Google search result for aholic part 1 (spenda31.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 2 (spenda32.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 3 (spenda33.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 4 (spenda34.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 5 (spenda35.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 6 (spenda36.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 7 (spenda37.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 8 (spenda38.gif--480x200)
Google search result for aholic part 9 (spenda39.gif--480x200)

a workaholic (worka2.gif--300x400) I can go on like a listaholic, but don’t wanna be a wastaholic. So, I decide to quit right down here like a smart-assholic before becoming an aholic-aholic.






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  • Educated both in Canada and Japan
  • Traveled extensively in Europe, Far East, and North America
  • Worked as management consultant, computer systems analyst, college instructor and freelance writer.
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