junkyism
An informal noun for the state of being a junkie — the lifestyle, compulsions, and mindset that come with serious drug addiction.
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An informal noun for the state of being a junkie — the lifestyle, compulsions, and mindset that come with serious drug addiction. It frames addiction almost as a belief system or ideology (via the '-ism' suffix), which can read as either darkly ironic commentary on how all-consuming the lifestyle becomes, or as a genuine attempt to name the culture and habits surrounding dependency. The word appears most often in addiction memoirs, literary fiction, and social commentary rather than clinical contexts.
He wrote about his years of junkyism without sentimentality, describing the rituals and the lies with the same flat tone.
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(slang) Addiction, like that of a junkie.
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(slang, pejorative) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
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(slang) Nausea or other flulike symptoms experienced by the user of a narcotic the following day or after the effects begin to subside.
- jerkism63%
A rare slang nominalization meaning the behavior characteristic of a jerk -- selfish, inconsiderate, or obnoxious conduct as a habitual pattern. The '-ism' suffix gives it a pseudo-ideological weight, as if being a jerk were a coherent philosophy. Typically used sarcastically to mock someone's consistent rudeness rather than to describe a genuine ideology. Most effective when applied to a repeated pattern, not a single bad moment.