pill-popper

pill popper

slang Someone who frequently or habitually uses or abuses drugs prepared as pills or capsules. She started getting hooked on the pain pills her doctor prescribed, and before long she had become a full-blown pill popper. I knew a couple of pill poppers in college who were always doing speed or ecstasy.

pill-popper

and popper and pill-dropper

n. anyone who takes pills frequently or habitually. I knew she was always ill, but I didn’t know she was a pill-dropper. He’s not a hypochondriac, just a pill-dropper.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

pill dropper
pill freak
pill popper
pill-dropper
pillhead
popsie
weedhead
go-pills
toxicated
toxy

References in periodicals archive

I had been an almost everyday antacid pill-popper to deal with my heartburn, but that went away completely."

Farm fresh organic on the go: turnip the beet earns points for style, flavor and healthy living

Left, Claire's maid Silvana (Adriana Barraza) is the prescription pill-popper's only form of support

Caked in misery but Jen rises to the challenge

Left, Claire's maid Silvana (Adriana Barraza) is the prescription pill-popper's only form of support driven horizontally in a car and you'll believe that this physically-tortured woman really does live on painkillers.

Caked in misery but Jen rises to the challenge

Out now Spherical pill-popper Pac-Man has been reimagined for a new generation which, with near-crushing inevitability, means he now has a gang, an annoying American accent and a taste for tedious 3D platforming.

GAME; STAYING IN

Now, Bev is a self-proclaimed alcoholic and Vi is a pill-popper who is constantly strolling on the edges of hysteria and neurosis, not only because of the drugs she takes but also because she's suffering from mouth cancer.

'August: Osage County': the problematic of the family

As if having a former crackhead and recovering alcoholic in the house wasn't alarming enough, now pill-popper Shazza has joined him.

Pills and spills; Lola's horrified to discover that her daughter Lexi is put at risk when Sharon collapses after taking an overdose

As if having a former crackhead and recovering alcoholic in the house wasn't enough, now pill-popper Shazza has joined him.

SOAPS & FILMS; Dark side of Street

She is a devastated pill-popper enraged by her mother's recent death from cancer, which she views as the latest thrust in Life's offensive against her.

Flowers of Spit

We learn that she had a troubled childhood, largely due to the fact that her mother - played by Maria Bello in great form - was a pill-popper who suffered dramatic mood swings.

THE FAIRER SIX; Big-name females make it a victorious return for Hollywood sisterhood

the ADD boy; Bianca the troublemaker; Phil the pill-popper. But found I was surrounded by talented, fascinating kids--kids who concealed horrible truths from their parents, doctors and teachers, the very people who could have helped them.

What it took to pull me through: a journalist discovers what it takes to report fully on adolescents' lives

Those taking part include Antonio Fargas (5-1), the original Huggy Bear; reformed junkie Sophie Anderton (10-1); loudmouth journalist Janet Street-Porter (10-1); former lap dancer Nancy Sorrell (9-1); ex-All Saint Natalie Appleton (6-1); one time royal butler Paul Burrell (14-1); Irish club owner Fran Cosgrove (14-1); Sheila Ferguson of Three Degrees fame (14-1); former pill-popper Brian Harvey (10-1) and the squeaky-voiced Joe Pasquale (7-2).

You BET: Watch the butler soar

Now that her reputation is in tatters following her conviction for shop-lifting last year and the subsequent revelations that she's something of a prescription pill-popper, it's a good time to look back at Winona's life to try to find something which could help explain it all.

TELEVISION: WINONA`S LITTLE MISS MIXED UP; THE REAL WINONA RYDER Channel 4 10.00pm

But a new scientific report on the dangers of ecstasy should chill even the most carefree pill-popper.

Irish Daily Mirror Comment : Ecstasy WILL rot your guts

But the former Happy Mondays frontman - who shot to fame in the early 90s with the release of the band's hit album, Pills 'n' Thrills & Bellyaches - still looked every inch the Madchester pill-popper at a party at Turnmills in Farringdon, London.

3am: Pills 'n' thrills & telly breaks

She added: "Scooby isn't a pill-popper. He's 36 - too old for that!"

Kids' TV in doghouse at Scooby drug claim

词组	pill-popper
释义	pill-popper pill popper slang Someone who frequently or habitually uses or abuses drugs prepared as pills or capsules. She started getting hooked on the pain pills her doctor prescribed, and before long she had become a full-blown pill popper. I knew a couple of pill poppers in college who were always doing speed or ecstasy. See also: pill, popper Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pill-popper and popper and pill-dropper n. anyone who takes pills frequently or habitually. I knew she was always ill, but I didn’t know she was a pill-dropper. He’s not a hypochondriac, just a pill-dropper. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: pill dropper pill freak pill popper pill-dropper pillhead popsie weedhead go-pills toxicated toxy References in periodicals archive I had been an almost everyday antacid pill-popper to deal with my heartburn, but that went away completely." Farm fresh organic on the go: turnip the beet earns points for style, flavor and healthy living Left, Claire's maid Silvana (Adriana Barraza) is the prescription pill-popper's only form of support Caked in misery but Jen rises to the challenge Left, Claire's maid Silvana (Adriana Barraza) is the prescription pill-popper's only form of support driven horizontally in a car and you'll believe that this physically-tortured woman really does live on painkillers. Caked in misery but Jen rises to the challenge Out now Spherical pill-popper Pac-Man has been reimagined for a new generation which, with near-crushing inevitability, means he now has a gang, an annoying American accent and a taste for tedious 3D platforming. GAME; STAYING IN Now, Bev is a self-proclaimed alcoholic and Vi is a pill-popper who is constantly strolling on the edges of hysteria and neurosis, not only because of the drugs she takes but also because she's suffering from mouth cancer. 'August: Osage County': the problematic of the family As if having a former crackhead and recovering alcoholic in the house wasn't alarming enough, now pill-popper Shazza has joined him. Pills and spills; Lola's horrified to discover that her daughter Lexi is put at risk when Sharon collapses after taking an overdose As if having a former crackhead and recovering alcoholic in the house wasn't enough, now pill-popper Shazza has joined him. SOAPS & FILMS; Dark side of Street She is a devastated pill-popper enraged by her mother's recent death from cancer, which she views as the latest thrust in Life's offensive against her. Flowers of Spit We learn that she had a troubled childhood, largely due to the fact that her mother - played by Maria Bello in great form - was a pill-popper who suffered dramatic mood swings. THE FAIRER SIX; Big-name females make it a victorious return for Hollywood sisterhood the ADD boy; Bianca the troublemaker; Phil the pill-popper. But found I was surrounded by talented, fascinating kids--kids who concealed horrible truths from their parents, doctors and teachers, the very people who could have helped them. What it took to pull me through: a journalist discovers what it takes to report fully on adolescents' lives Those taking part include Antonio Fargas (5-1), the original Huggy Bear; reformed junkie Sophie Anderton (10-1); loudmouth journalist Janet Street-Porter (10-1); former lap dancer Nancy Sorrell (9-1); ex-All Saint Natalie Appleton (6-1); one time royal butler Paul Burrell (14-1); Irish club owner Fran Cosgrove (14-1); Sheila Ferguson of Three Degrees fame (14-1); former pill-popper Brian Harvey (10-1) and the squeaky-voiced Joe Pasquale (7-2). You BET: Watch the butler soar Now that her reputation is in tatters following her conviction for shop-lifting last year and the subsequent revelations that she's something of a prescription pill-popper, it's a good time to look back at Winona's life to try to find something which could help explain it all. TELEVISION: WINONA`S LITTLE MISS MIXED UP; THE REAL WINONA RYDER Channel 4 10.00pm But a new scientific report on the dangers of ecstasy should chill even the most carefree pill-popper. Irish Daily Mirror Comment : Ecstasy WILL rot your guts But the former Happy Mondays frontman - who shot to fame in the early 90s with the release of the band's hit album, Pills 'n' Thrills & Bellyaches - still looked every inch the Madchester pill-popper at a party at Turnmills in Farringdon, London. 3am: Pills 'n' thrills & telly breaks She added: "Scooby isn't a pill-popper. He's 36 - too old for that!" Kids' TV in doghouse at Scooby drug claim
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