ADDICT, ADDICTED, ADDICTION
(also see DRUGS)
ADJECTIVES
1826 — ADDICKIT addicted → Sc.
1896 — DICTED addicted to, attached to, having a preference for → Eng. dial.
1896 — INDICTED addicted, inclined → Sc.
1940 — NEEDLED UP addicted to narcotics → US sl.
1950 — HUNG UP addicted → US sl.
1970 — JUNKIE addicted to anything; addictive → sl.
1970 — UPTIGHT addicted → sl.
NOUNS
1876 — YEN an addiction; an intense craving, esp. for a drug → UK sl.
..20C — HABIT any addiction → sl.
1950 — MONKEY ON ONE’S BACK any form of addiction or long-term problem → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1840 — ONE-ER — ONER a person pre-eminently addicted to or expert at something → colloq.
1882 — DRUGGARD a person who is addicted to drugs
..20C — DERRO a homeless person with addiction problems; a derelict → Aust. sl.
1911 — NEEDLE-WORKER a narcotics addict → US sl.
1927 — NEEDLE JABBER an intravenous drug addict → US drug culture sl.
1928 — NEEDLE PUMPER an intravenous drug addict → US drug culture sl.
1938 — NEEDLE-FIEND an intravenous drug addict → US drug culture sl.
1950 — NEEDLE-KNIGHT an intravenous drug addict → US drug culture sl.
1950 — NEEDLE MAN a drug addict → drug culture sl.
1959 — NARCO a drug addict or drug dealer → drug culture sl.
1959 — NEEDLE PUSHER an addict who injects narcotics → US drug culture sl.
1959 — NEEDLE-NIPPER an intravenous narcotic addict → US drug culture sl.
1970 — BACKDOOR ARTIST an addict who specializes in cheating other addicts → US drug culture sl. (Bk.)
1970 — BURN ARTIST an addict who specializes in cheating other addicts → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 — WINDER a drug addict who regularly enters and leaves treatment programs → US sl.
1984 — NEEDLEHEAD a narcotics addict → US drug culture sl.
1997 — ADDICK an addict → US sl.
1998 — MONSTER an obsessive, an addict → sl.
1998 — NORMIE a person who is not addicted to anything (used in twelve-step recovery programs) → US sl.
2000 — LUSH an addict sl.
2000 — LUSHO an addict → sl.
PHRASES
1998 — IF YA WONDERS, THEN YA IS used in twelve-step recovery programs, such as Alcoholic Anonymous, as a judgement on those who stop to wonder if they might be an addict → US sl.
VERBS
1927 — KICK to break an addiction; to stop using → US sl.
1940 — GOOF to be addicted to or obsessed with, usually a person → US sl.
1959 — BEND THE NEEDLE to make a futile attempt to withdraw from addiction → sl.
1959 — BREAK THE NEEDLE to attempt to end one’s addiction to narcotics → sl.
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