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A person who is consumed by an addiction. Aspects of their life suffer as he/she satisifies the addiction. See addict
by rockjunkie February 25, 2004
May 20 Word of the Day
A cryptocurrency of little to no value, usually a late-comer to the Bitcoin craze, a copycat cryptocurrency.
There are so many shitcoins these days, just stick to the classics.
This new b1tc01n crypto is just another shitcoin.
This new b1tc01n crypto is just another shitcoin.
by Tatsuman February 18, 2018
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Originally the term given to drug users, ( especially heroin users) early in the twentieth centery, who supported their habit by collecting and selling scrap metal. Hence the term got started by the drug addicts penchant for collecting "junk" rather than the "junk" (drugs) they used.
by micpenn August 04, 2012
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Generally, junkie (in terms of drug abuse) applies to someone addicted to a narcotic-- such as heroin, morphine, opium, codeine, and methadone.
Rush Limbaugh is a junkie.
by Brainless Wanderer September 02, 2005
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Not just a drug addict, but specifically a HEROIN or other OPIATE addict only. Generally only used to refer to such addicts that bang their fix rather than railing or eating it.
by Dirty*Junkie July 24, 2010