A friend uses this ____-whore construction all the time. I challenged her to find a better way to say it. I suggested addict, enthusiast, devotee, and several other words. She said none of these convey her meaning the way whore does. She says she'll watch anything. I told her she's not being paid to watch, and whore would imply that she is.
Can anyone suggest a better alternative?
If you call someone a tv junkie, they won't be offended. You probably won't even get their attention.
TVphile (compare with pedophile)
TVholic (compare with alcoholic)
These two come to my mind. If she is crazy about watching it, fanatic might work. However if she wants to denote the sense of leniency/low standards (as suspected)
casual couch potato
could be suffice albeit it starts to get wordy.
It's her call after all!
What about TV buff by analogy to movie buff for movie lover?
Couch Potato implies more than just watching TV habitually, but most TV junkies are couch potatoes.
