druggie

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noun

drug·​gie ˈdrə-gē How to pronounce druggie (audio)
variants or less commonly druggy
plural druggies
: a person who habitually uses drugs

druggie

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adjective

drug·​gie

less common spelling of druggy

: associated with, affected by, or suggestive of drugs or drug use
They pass around a joint and exchange druggy mumbles. Another night to get bored, get stoned.Richard Corliss
Combining the revelry of disco and the disorientation of psychedelia, rave music tends to be brazenly druggy, in both its sound and its lyrical allusions.Simon Reynolds

Examples of druggie in a Sentence

Noun an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The ickiness increases upon the arrival of Norma’s troubled, much younger grandniece, Maya (Quintessa Swindell), a druggie with intelligence and promise whom Norma has persuaded Narvel to take on as an apprentice. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 May 2023 To coming back and being mentally out, a druggie and an alcoholic—all of the rest of the stuff—I’m not ashamed of it. Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 The Factory was a porous, chaotic arena for scene-making, drawing in exhibitionists, druggies, socialites, rock stars, movie stars, Ivy Leaguers and, most critically, journalists. Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020 Blake Lively stars as a druggie prostitute whose family was lost in a plane crash. Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 8 Feb. 2020 With the murder finally solved — Emmett was killed during a grocery store hold-up by a druggie robber — Bassett says a huge weight will be lifted off of her character’s shoulders and her heart. Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2019 Burroughs’ connection with Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol. Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2019 Burroughs’s connection with Patti Smith feels deeper, beyond druggie antics and glam personae, partly because she was drawn to him as a man, not just as an idol. Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post, 21 June 2019 She’s interrupted by the arrival of two hard-core druggie brothers who proceed to cook up an appalling batch of low-rent meth. Jean Thompson, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of druggie was in 1966

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Medical Definition

druggie

noun
drug·​gie
variants also druggy
plural druggies
: a person who habitually uses drugs
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