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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

slang.
a person who is eccentric or out of touch with reality, as if affected by drugs

1950–55, for sense “spaceman trainee”

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.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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