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(US, slang) A drug addict.
For the alcoholic there are numerous substitutes: a period of intense diversion and excitement, pressing need for rest, hypnotic sedatives, sleep. Not for the hophead. Sedatives don't touch it; he can't rest; he can't even sleep.
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(British, slang) A beer enthusiast or homebrewer, with emphasis on hoppier types of beer (i.e. brewed with more hops, like IPAs).
Hopheads, they screamed in three-inch headlines, which brought the inevitable police crackdown.
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A drughead is a blunt, informal label for someone who uses drugs habitually — the kind of person whose life orbits around their next fix. It carries a dismissive, judgmental edge and is rarely used with compassion; it's more of a street-level insult than a clinical description. The term gets deployed to write someone off rather than understand them, and it's fallen somewhat out of fashion as conversations about addiction have shifted toward more empathetic framing.