junkie
noun/ˈd͡ʒʌŋki/
Etymology From junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie.
1
Derogatory, Slang A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
- Rats in the front room, roaches in the back / Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat1982, “The Message”, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five:
- It's wiser to say no / God made me a junkie / But Satan told me so2023, “Strung Out Johnny”, in Every Loser, performed by Iggy Pop:
2
Broadly, Slang An enthusiast of something.
- English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
- My uncle is a classic-car junkie.
- Derived terms
- adrenaline junkie, cyberjunkie, junkiedom, junkiehood, junkieness, momentum junkie, technojunkie, tuna junkie