pill popper

Noun

pill popper (plural pill poppers)

1. A syringelike device for administering medicinal pills to animals.

   Synonyms:

   pill gun

2. (humorous, informal) A person who enjoys or frequently takes medication in pill form.
   • Well, you know, once Pop got into his sixties, he came to be a bit of a pill popper, what with the blood pressure and the blood sugar and the cholesterol and the arthritis.
3. (derogatory, informal, often) A person who frequently takes any other kind of pill, such as vitamins or illicit drugs.
   • It's great when people are enthusiastic about health and wellness, but you just have to watch out for how hard the vitamin people sell you on the pricey supplements — they'll try to turn you into a pill popper.
   • In addition to using methamphetamine, most of the women JJ encountered were pill-poppers—Xanax, Ecstasy, Somas.2008, Kerrie Droban, Running with the Devil, page 158
   1. (derogatory, informal, often) Especially, someone with a frank substance use disorder who consumes a large amount of illicit pills, especially opioid street drug pills: synonym of pillhead.
      • I wouldn't hang around in that part of town after dark, what with all the methheads and pill poppers. I'm not looking to get robbed.