junkie
Americannoun
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junkies
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Disparaging and Offensive. a person addicted to drugs, especially one addicted to heroin.
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a person with an insatiable craving for something.
a chocolate junkie.
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an enthusiastic follower; fan; devotee.
a baseball junkie.
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When Tayshia Adams, a TV host and self-professed skincare junkie, double cleanses in the shower, she uses a vitamin C-based exfoliating wash then a hydrating cleanser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Hill Insider will be aimed at the political junkie who wants to go deeper on polling data and hear longer, in-depth discussion on issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
For example, agents can talk about the latest game to a sports fan and about current events to a news junkie.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
“If you throw yourself into danger for no reason again, you will have become nothing more than a Dauntless adrenaline junkie looking for a hit, and I’m not going to help you do it.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Everything from diabetes to schizophrenia, he claims, is caused by Americans being junk food junkies.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
Asking college students why they bet on sports is like asking adrenaline junkies why they jump out of airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
But when it was bought by Expedia and shut down in 2017, travel junkies went looking for a suitable replacement and couldn’t find one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
The movie ultimately treats us like adrenaline junkies, assuming we lack curiosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
“The object of attention. Nicole. Gossip junkies love the chase. End that, you end the story.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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