druggie

druggie

slang A drug addict. Yeah, I used to be a druggie, but that was a long time ago—before I went to rehab.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

druggie

and druggy
n. a drug addict or user. There are too many druggies in this neighborhood.

druggy

verb
See druggie
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • druggy
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • #dead
  • pillow-biter
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
  • save someone's skin
  • (something) blows
References in periodicals archive
"He wasn't a druggie, he was suffering from mental health issues so I'm doing this for Jay and the other sons and daughters who can't get the help they need."
Gazza's nephew was desperate to get help; MUM SPEAKS OUT AFTER TRAGEDY
Colonel Adnan Ali Al Zaabi, director of the RAK Police's anti-narcotics department, said on Wednesday that they arrested the five druggies with banned narcotic crystals, intended for trafficking across the country.
RAK police arrest five drug dealers in raids
A MUM whose son was ordered to take off his coat by a teacher because she said it made him look like a "druggie" says she is devastated by his treatment.
Take off your coat... you look like a 'druggie'
Belfast Crown Court heard druggie James Brian Greer, 30, was convicted of attempting to murder Tony McCrystal on June 6, 2011, but this was overturned on appeal before he admitted grievous bodily harm.
Man beat old pal senseless with iron bar
EMMERDALE, ITV1, 7pm RHONA is off to her first druggie support group today, telling Paddy that she's taken up Pilates for her bad back.
WE LOVE SOAPS
A HEADTEACHER denied branding a former student as "a druggie" and making a sexual reference in a Facebook post to a pupil, a tribunal heard yesterday.
Head admits postings could be 'inappropriate' TRUSTEE CONCEDES DISMISSALS WERE 'PROCEDURALLY UNFAIR'
Obama the druggie: Taha Taheri, the deputy commander of Iran's Counter-Narcotics Squad, told a Tehran drug conference that Britain, the United States and Canada are actively promoting drug cultivation in Afghanistan.
Obama the druggie
As she took to the sea in St Lucia, Amy's sad transformation from curvy jazz sensation to wretched druggie in just three years was painfully obvious.
Shock at the state of Amy; MENACE AS KETAMINE SWEEPS NATION
An e-mail is circulating the world suggesting that the druggie rocker's real name is, in fact, Trevor McDermott - and that he's a professional Buddy Holly impersonator.
PETE'S NOT FAKING IT
First, Jim thinks Zanny is in love with his twin brother Jake, a loosely wired drinker and druggie who already has a girlfriend.
Neenan, Colin. Idiot!
The explanation for her credulity, I think, is that she assumes anyone who opposes the war on drugs is an irresponsible druggie, just the sort of person who would get high before going on national television or encourage teenagers to drive while intoxicated.
Crossballs puzzle: why don't the guests on Comedy Central's fake debate show get the joke?
``I knew I was not a druggie. I never felt I had cheated.
Rugby Union: Jarvis cleared over drugs case
Many took this to be a veiled reference to the artist's supposed long descent into druggie abyss.
David Rimanelli. (Entries)
Now he has become a druggie according to so-called evidence from clay pipes which may, or may not, have been used by him.
Readers letter: Druggie? Not our Will
Summary: A search and investigation team had accordingly been formed to look into the issue, and arrest the druggie and his partners, if any.
RAK Police nab 5 dealers with 2,036 narcotic Tramadol pills