wastoid

English

Etymology

From waste +‎ -oid. Compare waster (“idler”), wasted (“in a drugged state”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

wastoid (plural wastoids)

1. (slang, derogatory) A person with a drug or alcohol addiction.
   • 1985, John Hughes, The Breakfast Club, 00:54:35:

     Andrew Clark: Yo, wastoid. You're not gonna blaze up in here.
     

2. (slang, derogatory) A person regarded with contempt; a loser.
   • 1999, Michael Hornburg, Downers Grove, Grove Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 133:

     "They look like the stupid kind of wastoids who get gobbled up in the first ten minutes of a horror movie," I said.

3. (slang, derogatory) An absent-minded or vacuous person.
   • 2004, Kate Brian, The V Club, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 16:

     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?

Synonyms

• (drug addict): see also Thesaurus:addict
• (absent-minded or vacuous person): airhead, space cadet