spy-fi
English
Etymology
Blend of spy + sci-fi
Noun
spy-fi (uncountable)
- (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?
- 2005, Wesley Alan Britton, Beyond Bond: spies in fiction and film