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minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoThey already said they owned a boat, so I assumed this was implied.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThe “-holic” suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from “alcoholic”, but it’s commonly used now. So the boat’s name just means “water addict”, there’s nothing punny about it.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt would have been a play if it was named in the 1960’s.
Alcoholic?
They already said they owned a boat, so I assumed this was implied.
The “-holic” suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from “alcoholic”, but it’s commonly used now. So the boat’s name just means “water addict”, there’s nothing punny about it.
It’s a play on alcoholic
It would have been a play if it was named in the 1960’s.