junkien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒʌŋki/, U.S.

/ˈdʒəŋki/

Forms: 1900s– junkey, 1900s– junkie, 1900s– junky.

Etymology: < junk n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. Compare slightly earlier junker n.³ With sense A. 2 compare junk n.¹ 8; compare also junker n.³ 2.

Originally U.S.

A. n.

1. colloquial. A person who deals in old or discarded items or materials; = junker n.³ 1a, junkman n.² Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods

upholder1333

upholster1411

broker1583

junkman1838

third-hand dealer1863

junker1889

junkie1902

1902 27th Ann. Rep. N.Y. Soc. Prevention Cruelty to Children 31 The only chance of realizing any profit was the junk-shop, and the ‘junkies’ were always ready to drive a bargain with the youngsters.

1942 N.Y. Times 20 July 21/3 The amount of scrap collected by the ‘junky’ is..an integral part of the scrap collection set-up.

1989 J. Kisseloff You must remember This 57 The junkies [junkmen] they bought all the stuff you stole.

2. slang.

a. A person who is addicted to drugs, esp. heroin; a habitual user of drugs. Also occasionally: a drug dealer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict

head1856

narcotist1860

drugger1870

drug fiend1873

druggard1882

narcomaniac1888

dope-fiend1896

addict1899

dopehead1901

hypo1904

drug addict1905

drug abuser1915

junker1922

junkie1923

hype1924

needle artist1925

needleman1925

schmecker1931

dope-addict1933

ad1938

dopester1938

narco1958

pillhead1962

druggie1966

freak1967

drugster1970

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of illicit drugs

drug dealer1800

drug peddler1889

swing man1903

drug pusher1904

drug trafficker1912

dope-merchant1921

junker1922

dope-pedlar1923

junkie1923

pedlar1929

pusher1929

dope-seller1930

dope-runner1933

connection1934

dope-smuggler1937

tea man1938

man1942

dealer1951

score1951

passer1956

candy man1965

narcotraficante1980

clocker1989

1923 N. Anderson Hobo vii. 102 One type of dope fiend is the Junkie. He uses a ‘gun’ or needle to inject morphine or heroin.

1930 Time & Tide 20 Sept. 1181 He became a recognised junky and earned his living as a useful subordinate member of a drug-traffic gang.

1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 13 He would suck the juice right out of every junky he ran down.

1971 Daily Tel. 18 June 17/3 They plan to tour villages showing a film about ‘junkies’ and giving lectures to youngsters about the dangers of drugs.

2016 M. Desmond Evicted xxiii. 270 Two years sober himself, Pito knew what to do with a detoxing junkie who wanted to get clean.

b. In extended use (with modifying word): a person with a compulsive habit or an obsessive dependency on something specified; an enthusiastic devotee of an activity or subject.adrenaline junkie, media junkie, techno-junkie: see first element.

ΚΠ

1962 Times 12 Apr. 18/2 My family, print ‘junkies’ of long standing, came on the holiday with what seemed like an enormous prophylactic kit of reading-matter.

1979 M. Kolbenschlag Kiss Sleeping Beauty Good-bye 19 If women are more inclined to become shopping ‘junkies’ than men, the blame can also be laid to advertising and commercialism.

1984 A. Maupin Babycakes (1989) iii. 13 He wondered if he qualified as a full-fledged TV junkie, a chronic escapist who needed the tube to fill a void.

1994 Midwest Home & Design Winter 60 Bill is..a heretofore closeted garage-sale junkie.

2013 E. Lange Dead Ends (2014) ii. 12 Mom played the lottery whenever she could afford it, which wasn't that often compared with the other lotto junkies out there.

B. adj. (attributive).

slang. Of, relating to, or characteristic of drug addicts or drug addiction; addicted to or habitually using drugs.Originating as an attributive use of the noun, and still often interpretable as such, but see, for example, the unambiguously adjectival superlative form in quot. 1969.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [adjective]

addicted1612

narcomaniacal1889

on the stuff1929

junkie1930

on the needle1955

yenny1975

junked out1982

1930 Detective Fiction Weekly 20 Dec. 362 (heading) Undercover man Murray follows the junkey trail into the greatest city's street of evil.

1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 53 He spoke in his dead, junky whisper.

1969 Daily Tel. 16 May (Colour Suppl.) 33/2 Combined with my appetite-killing pills and my tranquillisers I was possibly the junkiest man on the [ski] slopes.

1985 O. Clark Diary 24 May (1998) 173 Began in bed with a gardener in Putney, then dressing Henrietta for a wedding in Duke Street, and watching dealing in Pauline's junkie den.

2011 Independent 17 Feb. (Viewspaper section) 19/3 A lurid biography exposed a culture of junkie clowns, backstage bunk-ups and litigious acrobats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	junkie
释义	junkien.adj. Brit. /ˈdʒʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋki/ Forms: 1900s– junkey, 1900s– junkie, 1900s– junky. Etymology: < junk n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. Compare slightly earlier junker n.³ With sense A. 2 compare junk n.¹ 8; compare also junker n.³ 2. Originally U.S. A. n. 1. colloquial. A person who deals in old or discarded items or materials; = junker n.³ 1a, junkman n.² Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods upholder1333 upholster1411 broker1583 junkman1838 third-hand dealer1863 junker1889 junkie1902 1902 27th Ann. Rep. N.Y. Soc. Prevention Cruelty to Children 31 The only chance of realizing any profit was the junk-shop, and the ‘junkies’ were always ready to drive a bargain with the youngsters. 1942 N.Y. Times 20 July 21/3 The amount of scrap collected by the ‘junky’ is..an integral part of the scrap collection set-up. 1989 J. Kisseloff You must remember This 57 The junkies [junkmen] they bought all the stuff you stole. 2. slang. a. A person who is addicted to drugs, esp. heroin; a habitual user of drugs. Also occasionally: a drug dealer. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict head1856 narcotist1860 drugger1870 drug fiend1873 druggard1882 narcomaniac1888 dope-fiend1896 addict1899 dopehead1901 hypo1904 drug addict1905 drug abuser1915 junker1922 junkie1923 hype1924 needle artist1925 needleman1925 schmecker1931 dope-addict1933 ad1938 dopester1938 narco1958 pillhead1962 druggie1966 freak1967 drugster1970 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of illicit drugs drug dealer1800 drug peddler1889 swing man1903 drug pusher1904 drug trafficker1912 dope-merchant1921 junker1922 dope-pedlar1923 junkie1923 pedlar1929 pusher1929 dope-seller1930 dope-runner1933 connection1934 dope-smuggler1937 tea man1938 man1942 dealer1951 score1951 passer1956 candy man1965 narcotraficante1980 clocker1989 1923 N. Anderson Hobo vii. 102 One type of dope fiend is the Junkie. He uses a ‘gun’ or needle to inject morphine or heroin. 1930 Time & Tide 20 Sept. 1181 He became a recognised junky and earned his living as a useful subordinate member of a drug-traffic gang. 1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 13 He would suck the juice right out of every junky he ran down. 1971 Daily Tel. 18 June 17/3 They plan to tour villages showing a film about ‘junkies’ and giving lectures to youngsters about the dangers of drugs. 2016 M. Desmond Evicted xxiii. 270 Two years sober himself, Pito knew what to do with a detoxing junkie who wanted to get clean. b. In extended use (with modifying word): a person with a compulsive habit or an obsessive dependency on something specified; an enthusiastic devotee of an activity or subject.adrenaline junkie, media junkie, techno-junkie: see first element. ΚΠ 1962 Times 12 Apr. 18/2 My family, print ‘junkies’ of long standing, came on the holiday with what seemed like an enormous prophylactic kit of reading-matter. 1979 M. Kolbenschlag Kiss Sleeping Beauty Good-bye 19 If women are more inclined to become shopping ‘junkies’ than men, the blame can also be laid to advertising and commercialism. 1984 A. Maupin Babycakes (1989) iii. 13 He wondered if he qualified as a full-fledged TV junkie, a chronic escapist who needed the tube to fill a void. 1994 Midwest Home & Design Winter 60 Bill is..a heretofore closeted garage-sale junkie. 2013 E. Lange Dead Ends (2014) ii. 12 Mom played the lottery whenever she could afford it, which wasn't that often compared with the other lotto junkies out there. B. adj. (attributive). slang. Of, relating to, or characteristic of drug addicts or drug addiction; addicted to or habitually using drugs.Originating as an attributive use of the noun, and still often interpretable as such, but see, for example, the unambiguously adjectival superlative form in quot. 1969. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [adjective] addicted1612 narcomaniacal1889 on the stuff1929 junkie1930 on the needle1955 yenny1975 junked out1982 1930 Detective Fiction Weekly 20 Dec. 362 (heading) Undercover man Murray follows the junkey trail into the greatest city's street of evil. 1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 53 He spoke in his dead, junky whisper. 1969 Daily Tel. 16 May (Colour Suppl.) 33/2 Combined with my appetite-killing pills and my tranquillisers I was possibly the junkiest man on the [ski] slopes. 1985 O. Clark Diary 24 May (1998) 173 Began in bed with a gardener in Putney, then dressing Henrietta for a wedding in Duke Street, and watching dealing in Pauline's junkie den. 2011 Independent 17 Feb. (Viewspaper section) 19/3 A lurid biography exposed a culture of junkie clowns, backstage bunk-ups and litigious acrobats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1902
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