Talk:alcohol-dependent
Latest comment: 9 years ago by BD2412 in topic RFD
RFD
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The definition is misleading; it's just a person dependent on alcohol. The hyphen is strange to me as a native English speaker, but seems to be attested (although it is much more rare than alcohol dependent.) —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 22:11, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- More likely to be an adjective, I would have thought. Donnanz (talk) 22:31, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- Delete as self-evident SoP, like "drug-addled", "cocaine-addicted", etc. Equinox ◑ 22:39, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- Keep, single word. Ƿidsiþ 08:42, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
- On the fence. Could be considered a single word. But not necessarily. Renard Migrant (talk) 17:06, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
- Keep the noun (verifiable) and include the adjective as well. A Google search reveals how many writers leave the hyphen out, when they should know better. Donnanz (talk) 17:21, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
- Delete this strictly compositional MWE. DCDuring TALK 03:16, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
- Keep the noun (verifiable) and include the adjective as well. A Google search reveals how many writers leave the hyphen out, when they should know better. Donnanz (talk) 17:21, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
- Delete. What DCDuring said.—msh210℠ (talk) 03:34, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Deleted. bd2412 T 03:44, 12 July 2015 (UTC)