🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

药丸瘾君子

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yàowán yǐnjūnzǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pillhead/ˈpɪl.hɛd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这部电影讲述了一个药丸瘾君子的救赎故事。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is heavily addicted to or habitually abuses prescription pills or other medicinal tablets.

    "He spent years hanging out with the local pillheads before finally entering a rehabilitation program."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from combining the noun 'pill' (referring to medicinal or illicit tablets/capsules) with the slang suffix '-head' (used since the mid-20th century to denote a habitual user or addict, akin to 'pothead' or 'acidhead'). Emerging in contemporary drug subcultures and urban slang, the term specifically highlights an addiction or heavy reliance on prescription or recreational pharmaceuticals.

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