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08/16/19 10:02 PM
SPACE CADET
PRONUNCIATION: (SPAYS kuh-det)
MEANING:\ . noun:
1. A trainee astronaut.
2. A person who behaves strangely or appears to be out of touch with reality.
ETYMOLOGY: From Robert Heinlein’s 1948 novel Space Cadet. Why the second sense of the term? The book inspired TV and radio shows and comics and the term became popular. Eventually, the meaning shifted and now a space cadet is one who is spaced out or has their mind in space, probably as a result of drug use. Earliest documented use: 1948. Other words coined by Robert Heinlein that have become words in the English language are grok and waldo.
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PACE CADET - Freshman in a New York city university (it also has a campus in Westchester)
APACE CADET - energetic, bustling trainee
SPACE CARET - editors' symbol for "insert a two-en quad here"
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08/16/19 02:09 AM
LOCATION – LOG
A ship with a louche reputation
Was stuck in an icy location.
The captain swigged grog,
Then wrote in his log:
"We'll freeze, and then burn in damnation!"
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08/11/19 12:52 AM
Here is one using words of no more than 2 letters:
If I am in Oz, I go "Do it up!" as Al or Ed go by, or "No!" if it is up to me to do it.
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08/10/19 01:31 AM
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