wastoid

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wastoid

/ˈweɪsˌtɔɪd/

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

noun wastoids

derogatory, offensive, slang A person with a drug or alcohol addiction. Andrew Clark: Yo, wastoid. You're not gonna blaze up in here.
derogatory, offensive, slang A person regarded with contempt; a loser. "They look like the stupid kind of wastoids who get gobbled up in the first ten minutes of a horror movie," I said.
derogatory, offensive, slang An absent-minded or vacuous person. 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?
Similar: airhead, space cadet

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@misc{wastoid_2026,
  title = {wastoid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wastoid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}