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druggie

American  
[druhg-ee] / ˈdrʌg i /
Or druggy

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
druggies plural
  1. a habitual user of drugs, especially a narcotic or illicit drug.


druggie British  
/ ˈdrʌɡɪ /

noun

  1. informal a drug addict

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of druggie

First recorded in 1965–70; drug 1 + -ie

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It's sad if people assume that, because I play a druggie on TV, I'm a druggie for real.

From The Guardian Oct. 12, 2012

At length a mortal sickness attacked the poor widow, and Jack was left an orphan, houseless and hungry, to druggie with the hard world.

From Jack Buntline by Kingston, William Henry Giles

There is not much inventiveness of language these days either, no Menckenish words like "pecksniffian," no Rabelais around to rail against "slubberdegullion druggies, ninny lobcocks, or scurvy sneaksbies."

From Time Magazine Archive

Somewhere between super popular and well'liked: not brainy, not jocks, not rich, not druggies, not mean, not goody-goody, not huge, not flat.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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