BEM
nounEtymology Acronym of bug-eyed monster.
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Lifestyle, Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Derogatory, Often, Slang A stock character in science fiction; a grotesque creature, often an extraterrestrial, that menaces the protagonists.
- Incidentally, Mr. Bergey, the BEM's on your latest smear have extremely jovial expressions on their pans to be as tough a bunch of eggs as Friend made them out.1940 November, Parmer Farrell, “The Reader Speaks”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 18, number 2, page 120:
- This is my first time in active BEM service. They've never let me near the Bugs before.1997, Lawrence Miles, Alien Bodies, →ISBN, page 89:
- Derived terms
- Bim, BEM, Bum