Junkie
WordNet

noun


(1)   Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
"A golf addict"
"A car nut"
"A bodybuilding freak"
"A news junkie"
(2)   A narcotics addict
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users.
  2. An enthusiast of something.
    My uncle is a classic car junkie.

Quotations

  • 1982: The Message (song) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
    Rats in the front room, roaches in the back. Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat.
 
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