noun
wastoid
Wastoid (noun) means (informal) Someone addicted to drugs or alcohol.
noun
1
(informal) Someone addicted to drugs or alcohol.
"Andrew Clark: Yo, wastoid. You're not gonna blaze up in here."
— John Hughes, The Breakfast Club (1985)
2
(informal) Someone that other people look down on.
""They look like the stupid kind of wastoids who get gobbled up in the first ten minutes of a horror movie," I said."
— Michael Hornburg, Downers Grove (1999)
3
(informal) Someone who seems forgetful or empty-headed.
"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?"
— Kate Brian, The V Club (2004)
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Etymology
Formed from waste and -oid. Compare waster (“idler”) and wasted (“in a drugged state”).
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What is the meaning of wastoid?
"wastoid" (noun) means (informal) Someone addicted to drugs or alcohol.
What is another word for wastoid?
Other words for "wastoid" include airhead.
What are the different meanings of wastoid?
"wastoid" has 3 main meanings: 1. (informal) Someone addicted to drugs or alcohol; 2. (informal) Someone that other people look down on; 3. (informal) Someone who seems forgetful or empty-headed.
