rushaholic

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noun

A person who is constantly in a hurry.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounrushaholic (plural rushaholics)

plural rushaholics

  1. informalA person who is constantly in a hurry.

    Modern rushaholics are always racing, always out of breath, always feeling behind schedule, always striving, but seldom managing to get ahead.

    1997, Robert Gerzon, Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety, Bantam, published 1998, →ISBN, page 253
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    We've become a nation of rushaholics, dashing from here to there, forever cramming one more meeting, activity or event into our already overcrowded schedules in the belief that we really can have and do it all.

    1992, Entrepreneur, volume 20, page 218

    You only have to look around to notice rushaholics whirling by at breakneck speed, whether it's the pizza promised in less than 30 minutes, or the one hour photo developing.

    1999, Mary Ellen Corcoran, Time Management: For People with No Time, William Waldron Publishers, →ISBN, page 102

Origin

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