space cadet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person in training to be a (generally military) astronaut.
One who deals with reality in a way consistent with being under the influence of (or "spaced out on") drugs.
One who forgets, daydreams, or otherwise is distracted from reality more often than most.

En-au-space cadet.ogg

space cadet space cadets

From the title of the 1948 science fiction novel Space Cadet, by Robert A. Heinlein.

space case

space-cadet keyboard

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