Catchword: chipper

Filed under: English, Drugs

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: “They had ample opportunity to become addicted—on average, they’d smoked 46,000 cigarettes, but we found not the slightest evidence of dependence: they showed no signs of withdrawal when abstinent. They really could casually take smoking or leave it.” Such nonaddicted users—“chippers,” in drug culture parlance—are also seen among consumers of hard drugs.

Article or document title:
“Kicking Butts” (URL)

Author:
Carl Sherman

Article, document, publication, web site:
Psychology Today

Date of publication:
Sept.-Oct., 1994

This catchword has yet to be researched.