junkie


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
junkie /ˈʤʌŋki/ (also junky)
noun informal a drug addict.

■ a person with an obsessive dependency on or enthusiasm for something: a media junkie.

– origin 1920s (orig. US): from junk1.
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