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space case; space cadet; space head
noun
a person who is completely out of touch with their surroundings US- — Robert Kirk Mueller, Buzzwords:, p. 145, 1974
- He enlisted the assistance of his friend Llazo, a poet and “space cadet.” — Ed Sanders, Tales of Beatnik Glory, p. 195, 1975
- “Drugs can be fun.” He says this matter-of-factly, although he often makes jokes about “space cadets.” — Washington Post, p. H1, 8 October 1978
- Who would do that? Nobody here would give that space case a drink. — Vincent Patrick, The Pope of Greenwich Village, p. 14, 1979
- [T]here’s a good proportion of air heads and space cadets in those courses, too. — Wesleyan Alumnus, p. 29, Spring 1981
- “Do you see my skirt on your side?” He shook his head slowly. “The other room.” “Right. I am such a space case.” — Armistead Maupin, Further Tales of the City, p. 110, 1982
- Like my mother is like a total space cadet. — Moon Unit and Frank Zappa, Valley Girl, 1982
- — USA Today, 29 September 1983
- Anna shrugs off Kandi’s tantrum with little concern: “She’s a space cadet and I’m a space commander.” — Josh Alan Friedman, Tales of Times Square, p. 11, 1986
- “My family is a bunch o’ space cadets, y’know what I mean?” — Odie Hawkins, The Life and Times of Chester Simmons, p. 154, 1991
- Oh, and you are such a superficial space cadet. — Clueless, 1995
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