space cadet
Americannoun
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a person who appears to be in their own world or out of touch with reality.
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a person who behaves oddly or seems stupefied or remote because of the influence of drugs; druggie.
noun
Etymology
Origin of space cadet
1950–55, for sense “spaceman trainee”
Example Sentences
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People complain that it’s empty and boring, but for someone like me who’s always been a bit of space cadet, I can be that same space cadet but this time where it counts: in space!
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2020
"I suppose I was always destined to be a space cadet," he says.
From BBC • May 16, 2019
I had always thought that turning it off and letting it flow was a bunch of hippie space cadet psychic burn-out stuff.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018
The abrasive textures and Auto-Tuned bombast feels Kanye-esque, while the stoner croonings and space cadet ramblings evoke his Atlanta collaborators.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2015
My cousin Jason Taylor is such a space cadet.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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