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

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of space cadet1

1950–55, for sense ā€œspaceman traineeā€
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ā€œThere’s no way that Squeaky thought that up for herself,ā€ he told The Times, describing her as a ā€œspace cadet.ā€

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ā€œLike, my mother is, like, a total space cadet,ā€ Moon says, as the chorus croons ā€œValley girlā€ on repeat between lines.

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ā€œBought a spaceship now I’m a space cadet/Big white mansion is my habitat.ā€

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The Times called him a ā€œspace cadetā€ because of his penchant for landing in odd situations — like tumbling into the SeaWorld walrus pit as a child and getting locked inside a zoo after hours.

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A Democratic super PAC on Saturday openly mocked Sen. Marco Rubio over his interest in UFOs, taunting the Florida Republican and dubbing him ā€œa space cadetā€ and ā€œrocket man.ā€

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