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Junkie

//ˈd͡ʒʌŋki// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user. derogatory, slang

    "Rats in the front room, roaches in the back / Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat"

  2. 2
    someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction wordnet
  3. 3
    An enthusiast of something. broadly, slang

    "English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state."

  4. 4
    a narcotics addict wordnet

Etymology

From junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie.

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