Meanings
plural capaholics
- derogatoryslangAfrican-American VernacularA person who lies a lot; a serial liar.
Brian's been a capaholic since he started his illegal business.
1 more example
Only months after leaving the Labor Party, Payman called the federal government "capaholics", a term loosely translated as liars, adding they talk a lot more than they act. She delivered the scathing assessment in language commonly used on TikTok, rather than on the parliamentary floor.
2024 September 11, “Senator labels the government "capaholics": Fatima Payman's Gen Alpha speech decoded”, in SBS News
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*káput
- Proto-Italic*kaput
- Latincaput
- Latincapitulum
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latincapitulāre?
- Late Latincappa
- Proto-West Germanic*kappā
- Proto-West Germanic*kappijā
- Old Englishcæppe
- Middle Englishcappe
- Englishcap
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- Englishcapaholic
From cap (“to lie”) + -aholic (“addicted to”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
capaholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capaholic
“capaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capaholic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capaholic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capaholic.
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