junky

¹

[ juhng-kee ]

adjective

, junk·i·er, junk·i·est.

1. of the nature of junk; trashy.

junky

²

[ juhng-kee ]

noun

, plural junk·ies.

1. junkie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of junky¹

First recorded in 1945–50; junk ¹ + -y ²

Origin of junky²

junk ³ + -y ²

Example Sentences

“We have horrible, disgusting, dangerous, filthy encampments of junkies and homeless people living in places that our children used to play Little League baseball, which they don’t get to play very much anymore, do they?”

From Los Angeles Times

"Democracy" is a word that may sound soaring to political junkies, but feels bureaucratic and frankly bloodless to many others.

From Salon

He had spent a decade in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen and got used to “stepping over people and junkies and all that.”

From Los Angeles Times

Trump's violence may not be novel to political junkies and journalists, but a lot of Americans have no idea how bad he's gotten because they don't pay much attention.

From Salon

Even news junkies are used to thinking of the nine members as names on opinions, pieces in a political-judicial long game, faces on a nine-headed body.

From New York Times

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