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
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  1. addicts
  2. users
Noun
  • Many ex-addicts turn to religion, exchanging one inflexible code for another; John’s own post-heroin spiritual exercises were omnivorous.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Most of the dealers and suppliers who worked with Brun were addicts themselves, feeding an island ravaged by meth addiction since the 1980s.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of addicts
Noun
  • That presents a continuity conundrum for users entering the several miles of the High Line Canal trail that lie inside Cherry Hills Village.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Police investigating a bank robbery had used a type of warrant to obtain anonymized location records for phones near the bank, narrowed the list based on their movements and eventually obtained the names of several users.
    — Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of users

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“Druggies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggies. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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