Outer-spacey

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of outer space, science fiction, or futuristic technology. informal

    "In the days of The Twilight Zone, the only electronics were those which scarcely supplemented real instruments (i.e. the theremin — that outer-spacey sing-saw thing most identified with The Day the Earth Stood Still and other sci-fi movies of the '50s.)"

Example

More examples

"In the days of The Twilight Zone, the only electronics were those which scarcely supplemented real instruments (i.e. the theremin — that outer-spacey sing-saw thing most identified with The Day the Earth Stood Still and other sci-fi movies of the '50s.)"

Etymology

From outer space + -y.

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