Spy-fi

//spaɪ.faɪ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A genre of science fiction involving secret agents. informal, uncountable

    "With the MIB taking on aliens of every stripe, it can also be viewed as a parody of The X-Files and the spy-fi series that rose to prominence in the 1990s."

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"With the MIB taking on aliens of every stripe, it can also be viewed as a parody of The X-Files and the spy-fi series that rose to prominence in the 1990s."

Etymology

Blend of spy + sci-fi.

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