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