wastoid
/ˈweɪsˌtɔɪd/
wastoid noun: a person with a drug or alcohol addiction.
Noun
wastoid (plural wastoids)
- A person with a drug or alcohol addiction.
- Andrew Clark: Yo, wastoid. You're not gonna blaze up in here.1985, John Hughes, The Breakfast Club, 00:54:35
- A person regarded with contempt; a loser.
- "They look like the stupid kind of wastoids who get gobbled up in the first ten minutes of a horror movie," I said.1999, Michael Hornburg, Downers Grove, Grove Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 133
- An absent-minded or vacuous person.
- Oh God. What if he was talking to me and I didn't say anything and was just sitting here staring into space like a complete wastoid? Eva blinked. Did I just use the word wastoid?2004, Kate Brian, The V Club, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 16
- Synonyms:
- airhead, space cadet
Synonyms of wastoid
Forms of wastoid
| plural | wastoids |
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Origin of wastoid
From waste + -oid. Compare waster (“idler”), wasted (“in a drugged state”).
Questions about wastoid
- What does wastoid mean?
- Wastoid means a person with a drug or alcohol addiction.
- What part of speech is wastoid?
- Wastoid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wastoid?
- Wastoid is pronounced /ˈweɪsˌtɔɪd/.
- What is the plural of wastoid?
- The plural of wastoid is wastoids.
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