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space cadet

noun

, Slang.
  1. a person who appears to be in their own world or out of touch with reality.
  2. a person who behaves oddly or seems stupefied or remote because of the influence of drugs; druggie.


space cadet

noun

  1. slang.
    a person who is eccentric or out of touch with reality, as if affected by drugs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

But no one had ever remembered a Space Cadet working on the squad, and particularly for six months!

More than once he had shaken his head in wonder at being a Space Cadet.

"I'm going to be a Space Cadet when I get old enough," he gulped breathlessly.

He was a young man wearing the royal-blue uniform of a Space Cadet.

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