Associations to the word «Junky»

Wiktionary

JUNKY, adjective. Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
JUNKY, noun. (slang) (pejorative) Alternative spelling of junkie

Dictionary definition

JUNKY, noun. A narcotics addict.
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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats