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space cadet

 
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n. Slang.

One who shows difficulty in grasping reality or in responding appropriately to it; a spacy person: “the screwups and the space cadets—in other words, the fringe element” (Linda Ellerbee).


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug)


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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