methhead

Speed-dependent drug user

A methhead is a person who habitually uses methamphetamine, especially one showing visible signs of addiction—gaunt appearance, bad teeth, erratic behavior.

The term is derogatory, emphasizing the drug's destructive effects: The house next door got raided; bunch of methheads living there.

Also spelled meth head.

culture

tweaker

Methamphetamine abuser

  • iceWater's solid form
  • crankRotary operating handle
  • glassTransparent solid from sand

shards · speed · pipe · dealer · cook · lab · binge · high · rush · hit

addiction

crystal

Ordered-atom solid

craving · relapse · detoxification · tolerance · psychosis · tweaking · overdose · rehabilitation · intervention · recovery

appearance

sores

Open skin wounds

pallid · scrawny · picking · scratching · rotting teeth · sunken eyes · aged · disheveled · lesions · acne

Categories
Opposites
sobriety/addiction status

methheadteetotaler

Complete abstainer from liquor

straight edge · abstainer · clean · non-user · twelve-stepper

lifestyle/social stability

methheadpillar of the community

Respected local leader

straight arrow · health nut · square · suburbanite · high achiever

cognitive/physical state

methheadclear-headed

Able to think rationally

sharp · lucid · well-rested · healthy · calm

Family

meth, head, methamphetamine, heads, headed, heading, headless, header, headfirst

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R