druggies

noun

plural of druggie
as in addicts
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row

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Recent Examples of druggies Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies! — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for druggies
  1. addicts
  2. users
Noun
  • The problem with just arresting addicts is there’s nowhere to take them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Outside, addicts wander peg-legged in the pulverizing triple-digit late summer heat, past attorneys in cream sport coats and copper-red ties.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of addicts
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  • Underdog is offering promo code FOXNEWS for users to wager $5 and receive a $10 bonus bet token.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Last year’s rotary dial Gboard borrowed from old telephone hardware, making users physically turn concentric dials to select letters.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of users

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“Druggies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggies. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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