Petroholic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Petroholic is a noun meaning (derogatory, informal) One who uses more petrol than necessary.
Meaning
(derogatory, informal) One who uses more petrol than necessary.
Example Sentences
“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.
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.
Word Forms
- petroholics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include petrolhead, gas-hog, potaholic, petter, taxaholic, hoser.
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