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space cadet
noun
, Slang.
- a person who appears to be in their own world or out of touch with reality.
- a person who behaves oddly or seems stupefied or remote because of the influence of drugs; druggie.
space cadet
noun
- slang.a person who is eccentric or out of touch with reality, as if affected by drugs
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Word History and Origins
Origin of space cadet1
1950–55, for sense “spaceman trainee”
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Example Sentences
He knew the pirate would not take defeat at the hands of a Space Cadet easily.
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But no one had ever remembered a Space Cadet working on the squad, and particularly for six months!
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More than once he had shaken his head in wonder at being a Space Cadet.
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"I'm going to be a Space Cadet when I get old enough," he gulped breathlessly.
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He was a young man wearing the royal-blue uniform of a Space Cadet.
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