mainliner

Direct injection addict

A mainliner is someone who injects drugs directly into a vein—the "main line" being a major blood vessel.

The term appears in drug culture and clinical contexts: He'd been a mainliner for years before getting clean.

Separately, a mainliner can be someone belonging to a mainstream group or institution, particularly mainline Protestant denominations.

injection

heroin

Illegal addictive opiate

needlePointed implement for sewing
veinVessel toward heart
syringeMedical injection tool

addict · track marks · junkie · fix · shoot up · intravenous · drug use · habit · dose · rush

railroad

locomotive

Railway pulling machine

engineMachine producing motion
expressState or fast train
intercityBetween different urban areas

diesel · electric · steam · conductor · carriage · passenger · track · station · platform · timetable

mainstream

conventional

Following accepted practices

orthodoxConforming to established belief
establishmentFounded organization or venue
traditionalFollowing long-held customs

mainstream · conformist · typical · standard · normal · accepted · dominant · prevailing

aviation

airliner

Large commercial passenger plane

jetForced fluid stream
aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
flightAerial journey by aircraft

cabin · fuselage · turbine · runway · terminal · gate · boarding · cockpit · pilot · airline

Opposites

injection method (drug use)

mainlinersnorter

Impressive or difficult specimen

smoker · chipper · casual user

religious/institutional orthodoxy

mainlinerheretic

Challenger of official doctrine

unbeliever · skeptic · dissenter · fundamentalist · evangelical

cultural/social positioning

mainlineroutsider

One excluded from group

counterculturalist · radical · nonconformist · maverick · eccentric

Family

mainline, mainlines, mainliners, mainlined, mainlining

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Rated PG-13