spy-fi
nounUK /spaɪ.faɪ/
Etymology Blend of spy + sci-fi.
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Informal 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: