Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(drugs) the occasional use of drugs.

1938		D. Maurer ‘Lang. of the Und. Narcotic Addict’ Pt 2 in Lang. Und. (1981) 110/2: week-end habit. An irregular type of habit which is satisfied by taking narcotics in small doses for two or three days consecutively, then quitting for several days.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).
1953		Anslinger & Tompkins Traffic In Narcotics 316: week-end habit. The use of narcotics irregularly without becoming addicted.
1959		J.E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo and Lore.
1971		E.E. Landy Underground Dict. (1972).
1981		D.E. Miller Bk of Jargon 344: weekend habit: The occasional use of hard drugs: it is possible to use a drug such as heroin on a restricted basis without becoming addicted.

a part-time prostitute, often without a pimp but poss. helping out her boyfriend with cash.

1981

Spears Sl. and Euphemism.

(US black) a family man who can only manage the street life at weekends.

1983

R. Klein Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.].

(US black) an adulterous female lover, lit. one whom one only visits at the weekend.

1999

Dr Dre ‘Ed-cation’ 🎵 Momma was a hoe, I was weekend pussy / I had you to keep the nigga, it didn’t work out / that’s why he ain’t here.

1. (US) a member of the National Guard; also attrib.

1978		J. Webb Fields of Fire (1980) 229: We kept telling all the Weekend Warriors [...] they were going to war.
1989		Hackworth & Sherman About Face (1991) 185: Hed gotten his stripes the National Guard ‘weekend warrior’ way.
1993		(con. 1969) N.L. Russell Suicide Charlie 174: The governor of Ohio did make the mistake of allowing his National Guard troops to carry loaded weapons at Kent State University and they did what one would expect from a bunch of weekend warriors — losing their cool and shooting four antiwar protestors.
2000		P. Roth Human Stain 216: Shit. Weekend warriors and all of a sudden they have to see some real action.
2021		T. Pluck Boy from County Hell 275: [W]eekend warrior wannabes carrying new hardware.

2. anyone deemed to be insufficently dedicated to a given activity or occupation.

1972		Chopper Mag. Aug. 8/1: Since a truly appropriate name escapes me at the moment, I’m just gonna call ’em ‘Weekend Warriors.’.
1985		Tracks (Aus.) July 3: Possessive fuckwits, weekend warriors, with megaphones, whistles, singlets, tents, groupies and Lord Kitchener Signs [Moore 1993].
1991		B. Hamper Rivethead (1992) 197: Hey, you weekend warriors, let’s get it down to some Culture Club!

3. an underage prostitute.

1972		Milner & Milner Black Players 142: Groups of ninth-grade boys [...] were found to be dealing ‘in narcotics and prostitution, with seventh and eight grade girls “turning tricks” for as little $5. Their friends call them “weekend warriors”.’.
1977		J.L. Dillard Lex. Black Eng. 85: Weekend warriors, for seventh- and eighth-grade girls who are ‘turning tricks.’.

4. (Aus.) someone who is a member of the Australian Army’s Reservist units.

1986

R. Beckett Dinkum Aussie Dict. 56: Weekend warrior: A member of the Australian Army’s Reservist units.

5. (US drugs) one who takes potentially addictive narcotic drugs on weekends (or similarly special occasions) only.

1998

(con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 19: ‘You ain’t been hittin’ that freeze back in the bathroom, have you?’ ‘Fuck no, man. Besides, you know I’m just a weekend warrior.’.