spy-fi en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /spaɪ.faɪ/ (UK)
Etymology
Blend of spy + sci-fi.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) A genre of science fiction involving secret agents.
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.
2005, Wesley Alan Britton, Beyond Bond: spies in fiction and film:Perhaps the series had finally gone over the top, taking spy-fi to the limit. What next—007 fighting alien invaders?
2006, Wesley Alan Britton, Onscreen and undercover: the ultimate book of movie espionage:
Translations (1)
pl spy-fi (genre of science fiction)