crackhead
(slang, derogatory) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine.
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Born ~1978 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
That new music from the dancing crackhead is just a gimmick lol he isn’t serious about soul music. And it doesn’t sound good anyway.
Anybody else remember when Private Jet and his crackhead brother went to kiss the ring? #onpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROa...
Romper Room And the host is a crackhead
yeah our crazy beagle loves barking at... anything. and the other two are like "I am fine to sleep on the couch all day and will be friends with anyone, be they a politician, crackhead, tradesman, teenager, old person…
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(slang, derogatory) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine.
You know who strangled the old man? You know who did it? A fuckin' stupid crackhead! He is pointing at himself and in tears. It's Ava's landlord who is dead.
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(US, slang, derogatory) Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot; broadly, any contemptible person.
“That new music from the dancing crackhead is just a gimmick lol he isn’t serious about soul music. And it doesn’t sound good anyway.”
“Anybody else remember when Private Jet and his crackhead brother went to kiss the ring? #onpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROa...”
“Romper Room And the host is a crackhead”
You know who strangled the old man? You know who did it? A fuckin' stupid crackhead! He is pointing at himself and in tears. It's Ava's landlord who is dead.
“That new music from the dancing crackhead is just a gimmick lol he isn’t serious about soul music. And it doesn’t sound good anyway.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Anybody else remember when Private Jet and his crackhead brother went to kiss the ring? #onpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROa...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Romper Room And the host is a crackhead”
— Bluesky· May 2026“yeah our crazy beagle loves barking at... anything. and the other two are like "I am fine to sleep on the couch all day and will be friends with anyone, be they a politician, crackhead, tradesman, teenager, old person, or baby" It is good to have a diversity of dogdom”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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