JUNKIE

addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky

(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; “a golf addict”; “a car nut”; “a bodybuilding freak”; “a news junkie”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

junkie (plural junkies)

(slang, pejorative) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.

Synonyms: drug addict, Thesaurus:addict

(slang, by extension) An enthusiast of something.

Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, Thesaurus:fan

Source: Wiktionary



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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