Junkie
noun
Someone who is very interested or enthusiastic about a certain activity.
He is a fitness junkie who works out two hours a day.
Often appears as...
- fitness junkie
- news junkie
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Someone who is addicted to illegal drugs.
He started hanging out with junkies who introduced him to heroin.
Often appears as...
- drug junkie
- heroin junkie
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Someone who is very interested or enthusiastic about a certain activity.
He is a fitness junkie who works out two hours a day.
Often appears as...
- fitness junkie
- news junkie
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Someone who is addicted to illegal drugs.
He started hanging out with junkies who introduced him to heroin.
Often appears as...
- drug junkie
- heroin junkie
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Used casually among friends, not in professional or formal settings.
I'm a true coffee junkie; can't start my day without it!
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Tone
Shows admiration towards someone's dedication to an activity.
She's a real book junkie; she reads one every week!
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often an exaggeration, not to be taken literally.
My brother's a gadget junkie; always has the latest tech!
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Used casually among friends, not in professional or formal settings.
I'm a true coffee junkie; can't start my day without it!
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Tone
Shows admiration towards someone's dedication to an activity.
She's a real book junkie; she reads one every week!
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often an exaggeration, not to be taken literally.
My brother's a gadget junkie; always has the latest tech!
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Used casually among friends, not in professional or formal settings.
I'm a true coffee junkie; can't start my day without it!
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Tone
Shows admiration towards someone's dedication to an activity.
She's a real book junkie; she reads one every week!
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Often an exaggeration, not to be taken literally.
My brother's a gadget junkie; always has the latest tech!
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3 clues to understanding...
Why would that be? I'm going to answer that question. It's never been answered before. OK, what is synesthesia? What causes it? Well, there are many theories. One theory is they're just crazy. Now, that's not really a scientific theory, so we can forget about it. Another theory is they are acid junkies and potheads, right? Now, there may be some truth to this,
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Expanding your mind with...
catharsis is is very important to me because otherwise I gravitate towards the law which I don't handle very well radical openness did you do this in one single take yeah that was once in that single take and actually I was thinking about a lot of the ideas of radical openness and obviously I'm a dead junkie
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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
We've talked a lot about compassion the last couple of days, and what's happening really is that people are unable quite to bring themselves to put in good sexual and reproductive health services for sex workers, unable quite to be giving out needles to junkies. But once they've gone from being
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How record collectors...
I was even working in a record store for many years and only ever got paid in records. One day I realized that I had thousands of records more than I could even listen to in my life. I became what many of us record junkies -- or record diggers, as we like to call ourselves.
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An aerialist on...
When I swing through the air to take the hands of a partner high up in a circus tent, ultimately, I have a choice of releasing if I trust that person to catch me. Listening to these signs is an incredibly important life skill, and not just for adrenaline junkies like me.
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
they're dicing with death every night then these same adrenaline junkies will be getting their kicks backstage through similar means so let me tell you about this this photograph because this is Perla and this guy is Paula's best friend's boyfriend as I said people dice
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The joyful, perplexing...
but elegant enough so you can get to the aha moment, where everything clicks into place. Puzzle solvers are junkies for this aha moment -- it feels like a brief high and an instant of pristine clarity. And there's also a deeper fulfillment at play here,
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Exploring Pluto's...
And I think once you've had that taste, it's just you can't let it go. It's not quite adrenaline junkie stuff, but you want to do it again, and so it would be absolutely incredible to do it twice in a lifetime. What a privilege.
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Addiction is a disease....
So when you see someone with an addiction, don't think of a drunk or a junkie or an addict or an abuser -- see a person; offer them help; give them kindness and compassion.
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Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
know it's not dangerous out here and I would people often ask that as if we in some way have an adrenaline junkies view on life which of course great behind the
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3 clues to understanding...
Why would that be? I'm going to answer that question. It's never been answered before. OK, what is synesthesia? What causes it? Well, there are many theories. One theory is they're just crazy. Now, that's not really a scientific theory, so we can forget about it. Another theory is they are acid junkies and potheads, right? Now, there may be some truth to this,
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
catharsis is is very important to me because otherwise I gravitate towards the law which I don't handle very well radical openness did you do this in one single take yeah that was once in that single take and actually I was thinking about a lot of the ideas of radical openness and obviously I'm a dead junkie
Video examples
Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
We've talked a lot about compassion the last couple of days, and what's happening really is that people are unable quite to bring themselves to put in good sexual and reproductive health services for sex workers, unable quite to be giving out needles to junkies. But once they've gone from being
Video examples
How record collectors...
I was even working in a record store for many years and only ever got paid in records. One day I realized that I had thousands of records more than I could even listen to in my life. I became what many of us record junkies -- or record diggers, as we like to call ourselves.
Video examples
An aerialist on...
When I swing through the air to take the hands of a partner high up in a circus tent, ultimately, I have a choice of releasing if I trust that person to catch me. Listening to these signs is an incredibly important life skill, and not just for adrenaline junkies like me.
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
they're dicing with death every night then these same adrenaline junkies will be getting their kicks backstage through similar means so let me tell you about this this photograph because this is Perla and this guy is Paula's best friend's boyfriend as I said people dice
Video examples
The joyful, perplexing...
but elegant enough so you can get to the aha moment, where everything clicks into place. Puzzle solvers are junkies for this aha moment -- it feels like a brief high and an instant of pristine clarity. And there's also a deeper fulfillment at play here,
Video examples
Exploring Pluto's...
And I think once you've had that taste, it's just you can't let it go. It's not quite adrenaline junkie stuff, but you want to do it again, and so it would be absolutely incredible to do it twice in a lifetime. What a privilege.
Video examples
Addiction is a disease....
So when you see someone with an addiction, don't think of a drunk or a junkie or an addict or an abuser -- see a person; offer them help; give them kindness and compassion.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
know it's not dangerous out here and I would people often ask that as if we in some way have an adrenaline junkies view on life which of course great behind the
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Adam Christopher
New Zealander Novelist
I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.
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Lynsey Addario
American Photographer
Let's get one thing straight: I am not an adrenaline junkie. Just because you cover conflict doesn't mean you thrive on adrenaline. It means you have a purpose, and you feel it is very important for people back home to see what is happening on the front line, especially if we are sending American soldiers there.
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Dan Jenkins
American Author
My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
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Kevin McCloud
British Designer
Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool.
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Johnny Marr
English Musician
Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.
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Michael Franti
American Musician
I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world.
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Garrett McNamara
I'm not an adrenaline junkie; I won't jump out of aeroplanes and I'm afraid of horses. I just love surfing.
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Robert MacNeil
Canadian Journalist
Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world.
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Sally Quinn
American Journalist
We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.
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Adam Christopher
New Zealander Novelist
I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.
Quote examples
Lynsey Addario
American Photographer
Let's get one thing straight: I am not an adrenaline junkie. Just because you cover conflict doesn't mean you thrive on adrenaline. It means you have a purpose, and you feel it is very important for people back home to see what is happening on the front line, especially if we are sending American soldiers there.
Quote examples
Dan Jenkins
American Author
My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
Quote examples
Kevin McCloud
British Designer
Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool.
Quote examples
Johnny Marr
English Musician
Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.
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Michael Franti
American Musician
I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world.
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Garrett McNamara
I'm not an adrenaline junkie; I won't jump out of aeroplanes and I'm afraid of horses. I just love surfing.
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Robert MacNeil
Canadian Journalist
Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world.
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Sally Quinn
American Journalist
We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.
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