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 did the unthinkable and broke the space cadet code.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2018
Still, Beasley provides size and scoring, and, despite having a reputation for being something of a space cadet, LeBron reportedly got along with the forward when they played together in Miami.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2018
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
G was always a little bit of a space cadet.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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