space cadet
noun Slang.
a person who appears to be in his or her 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.
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Origin of space cadet
1950–55, for sense “spaceman trainee”
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space cadet
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