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junkie

noun
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋki/

Etymology

From junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie.

  1. derived from *d₂luuŋ✻ — “boat”
  2. derived from joṅ
  3. derived from ꦗꦺꦴꦁ
  4. derived from jong
  5. derived from جُنْك
  6. borrowed from jonk
  7. borrowed from junco
  8. suffixed as junkie — “junk + ie”

Definitions

  1. A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.

    • Rats in the front room, roaches in the back / Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
    • It's wiser to say no / God made me a junkie / But Satan told me so

  2. An enthusiast of something.

    • English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
    • My uncle is a classic-car junkie.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA