spy-fi

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of spy +‎ sci-fi

Noun[edit]

spy-fi (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A genre of science fiction involving secret agents.
    • 2005, Wesley Alan Britton, Beyond Bond: spies in fiction and film:
      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.
    • 2006, Wesley Alan Britton, Onscreen and undercover: the ultimate book of movie espionage:
      Perhaps the series had finally gone over the top, taking spy-fi to the limit. What next—007 fighting alien invaders?
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