petroholic

English

petro- +‎ -holic

petroholic (plural petroholics)

(derogatory, informal) One who uses more petrol than necessary.
- 1991, David Ross Brower, Work in progress:
  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...
- 2008 March 22, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Lofty Pledge to Cut Emissions Comes With Caveat in Norway”, in New York Times‎:
  “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.

单词	petroholic
释义	petroholic English Etymology petro- +‎ -holic Noun petroholic (plural petroholics) (derogatory, informal) One who uses more petrol than necessary. 1991, David Ross Brower, Work in progress: 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... 2008 March 22, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Lofty Pledge to Cut Emissions Comes With Caveat in Norway”, in New York Times‎: “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.
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