See capaholic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nsubstratebor.?\nProto-Indo-European *kap-?\nProto-Indo-European *kap-\nProto-Indo-European *káput\nProto-Italic *kaput\nLatin caput\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nLatin -ulum\nLatin capitulum\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *-is\nProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālis\nLatin -āris\nLatin -āre\nLatin capitulāre?\nLate Latin cappabor.\nProto-West Germanic *kappā\nProto-West Germanic *kappijā\nOld English cæppe\nMiddle English cappe\nEnglish cap\nAkkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.\nAramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor.\nArabic كُحْل (kuḥl)\nAndalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor.\nMedieval Latin alcoholder.\nMiddle English alcofol\nEnglish alcohol\nProto-Indo-European *-ikos\nProto-Italic *-ikos\nLatin -icuslbor.\nOld French -iquebor.\nMiddle English -ik\nEnglish -ic\nEnglish alcoholic\nEnglish -oholic\nEnglish -aholic\nEnglish capaholic\nFrom cap (“to lie”) + -aholic (“addicted to”).",
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"ref": "2024 September 11, “Senator labels the government \"capaholics\": Fatima Payman's Gen Alpha speech decoded”, in SBS News:",
"text": "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.",
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