druggie

Or drug·gy

[druhg-ee]

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

plural

druggies 

1. a habitual user of drugs, especially a narcotic or illicit drug.

druggie

/ ˈdrʌɡɪ /

noun

1. informal,  a drug addict

Word History and Origins

Origin of druggie¹

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

Example Sentences

I was never a big druggie, but I had some profound experiences with psychedelics.

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"He was just dismissed as a bit of a druggie, and his mental health was never looked at in any seriousness."

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Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told me he wondered how long it would be until we got a Trump post calling Musk a druggie.

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A video that went viral at the time showed a prominent news anchor hysterically gesticulating and accusing Chakraborty of being "a druggie".

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Set during the final week of the singer’s life, the movie has Callas in a druggie stupor, imagining that she is sitting for an interview in which she reflects on her tumultuous life.

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Related Words

• addict 
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• substance abuser www.thesaurus.com
• user