talkaholic

comparative more talkaholic · superlative most talkaholic · alternative talk-aholic

1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by incessant talking.

   The mobile phone revolution has reached its logical target: the dial-obsessed, digit-happy, talkaholic teenage market.

   1995 July 12, Decca Aitkenhead, “One minute, sir, my mobile's ringing”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 29 Jan 2014

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   Mr. Prince, though only in his late 20's at the time, has a haggard look, dark-ringed eyes and a nervous, frenetic manner. . . . With talkaholic flair, he describes injecting adrenaline into a companion who has overdosed, shooting a thief during a gas station holdup, and crying so noisily during a drug bust that three policemen wound up reassuring him.

   1990 January 12, Janet Maslin, “Movie Review: American Boy (1978)”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Jan 2014

plural talkaholics · alternative talk-aholic

1. An incessant talker.

   No words were spoken for a long time. This was plainly killing Kerra who was a talk-aholic.

   2009, W. Shane Wilson, Enter the Guardians: Kyl, →ISBN, page 34

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   If you are a Talkaholic, you throw out words as you would darts to keep people away from you.

   1984, "Are you a Talkaholic?", New Woman, vol. 14, issues 1-6, p. 194 (Google snippet view)

   Synonyms: motormouth