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n. - Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; A narcotics addict.

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  • He was not an “adrenalin junky” – a term that fits so many hyped newscasters.
  • I mean, I'm not yer average ADD-addled adrenalin junky.
  • Either that, or take the Rush route and just become an oxycontin junky.
  • It looks kind of junky, like the Lost in Space movie.
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